I actually found this movie a bit offensive, which sounds odd. Craig, a high school student in a very competitive school, is feeling the pressure and considers suicide. Instead he checks himself into a mental hospital - smart move, right? It's really smart when you consider all the cute, funny people he meets there and all the fun he has.
This is a very, very trite movie. It has a great cast, but doesn't use the cast in any discernible way. Emma Roberts plays a cutter, Zach G (who is not believable at all), has tried to commit suicide more times than he can count. This does not stop any of them from having a great time sneaking around the hospital, making love connections, or singing karaoke. I think the movie needed to be set in a summer camp, like Meatballs. That would have made sense with this script. Or maybe at the mall?
Watch One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest or Shawshank if you want an "inmate" film. For fluff, pick up any John Hughes film and you'll be much happier than if you watch this. Or watch Friends reruns. That'll work.
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