Tuesday, December 31, 2024

RUNNING WITH SCISSORS (2006)

 




















Directed by: Ryan Murphy
Based on the memoirs of: Augusten Burroughs
Starring: Joseph CrossAnnette BeningBrian CoxJoseph FiennesEvan Rachel WoodAlec BaldwinJill ClayburghGwyneth PaltrowGabrielle UnionPatrick WilsonKristin ChenowethDagmara DominczykColleen CampJack KaedingAugusten Burroughs

116 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, elements of sexuality, substance abuse)

PLOT:
The story of how a boy was abandoned by his mother and how he, later, abandoned her. The year he'll be 14, the parents of Augusten Burroughs divorce, and his mother, who thinks of herself as a fine poet on the verge of fame, delivers him to the eccentric household of her psychiatrist, Dr. Finch. During that year, Augusten avoids school, keeps a journal, and practices cosmetology. His mother's mental illness worsens, he takes an older lover, he finds friendship with Finch's younger daughter, and he's the occasional recipient of gifts from an unlikely benefactor. Can he survive to come of age?

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