Running with Scissors
2006 · Movie · R · 122 min · ★ 5.8 · 42% critics
A troubled teen is caught between an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, then is sent to live with her therapist and his wildly unconventional household. Growing up in this chaotic, often darkly funny environment, he tries to make sense of family, identity, and what “normal” might look like.
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-10-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Critic score
- 42/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (261 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like offbeat, dark coming-of-age stories with messy families and uncomfortable humor, like Palindromes or Wiener-Dog; Not for you if you want a straightforward, consistently funny, or neatly paced drama.
Pros: complex, eccentric characters; darkly funny moments; strong performances | Cons: uneven tone; story can drag; hard to connect
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- sibling relationship
- based on novel or book
- becoming an adult
- therapist
- marriage crisis
- 1970s
- adoption
Cast & crew
Joseph Cross
as Augusten Burroughs
Annette Bening
as Deirdre Burroughs
Brian Cox
as Dr. Finch
Gwyneth Paltrow
as Hope Finch
Joseph Fiennes
as Neil Bookman
Evan Rachel Wood
as Natalie Finch
Alec Baldwin
as Norman Burroughs
Jill Clayburgh
as Agnes Finch
Gabrielle Union
as Dorothy
Patrick Wilson
as Michael Shephard
Directed by Ryan Murphy