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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rated by buyers R (Restricted)
Type of bind: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN num: 0043396159136
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Quantity: 1
Publishing house: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: February 06, 2007
Running Time: 122 minutes
Sale Popularity Level: 3803
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: October 27, 2006
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Based on the personal memoirs of Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors is a wickedly funny, brave and moving tale of surviving a most unusual childhood. Augusten's (Joseph Cross) mother (Annette Bening) is a deluded aspiring post with bipolar disorder whose marriage to his dad (Alec Baldwin) is in ruins. Soon, she is seeing a very eccentric therapist named Dr. Finch (Brian Cox), while Augusten is left in the care of Finch's wackly family, including his tightly-wound daughter (Gwyneth Paltrow). Abandoned by his parents and adopted by the Finches, he finds a kindred spirit in youngest daughter Natalie (Even Rachel Wood) and motherly support from Finch's long suffering wife Agnes (Jill Clayburgh). Constantly recording the events of his life in his journals as a way to cope, Augusten finds himself avoiding school, learning about love from an older man (Joseph Fiennes), and making big decisions at the tender age of fifteen.
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Annette Bening is the stand-out highlight in this dysfunctional 'family' comedy based on the bestselling memoir by Augusten Burroughs. Although fans of the book may be slightly disappointed with the film's uneven and somewhat campy rendition of Burroughs' twisted adolescence in the 1970s, there's plenty of pleasure to be found in the work of an excellent cast led by Bening, who gives a subtle dare-to-hate-me performance as Burroughs' mother Diedre, a would-be poet who's so aloof about her teenage son Augusten (played by fresh-faced newcomer Joseph Cross, from Flags of Our Fathers) that she allows him to be legally adopted into the eccentric family of her psychiatrist, Dr. Finch (Brian Cox). As the half-crazed Finch overmedicates Diedre into a haze of semi-conscious madness, he also turns Augusten's life upside down while his wife (Jill Clayburgh) and daughters (Gwyneth Paltrow, Evan Rachel Wood) indulge their own eccentricities and Augusten enters into an intimate relationship with one of Finch's adopted patients (played by Joseph Fiennes).
As adapted and directed by Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy, Running with Scissors lacks the singular voice of Burroughs' dryly comedic first-person narrative, but even as the film struggles to find a consistent tone, it's so full of wacky behavior that you can't help laughing. It's a messy, patchwork quilt of a movie, blessed by authentically garish '70s production design and a soundtrack of familiar '70s hits. In rendering Burroughs' indelible portrait of weak, irresponsible adults and the people they victimize, Murphy and his well-chosen cast (which also includes Alec Baldwin as Diedre's ex-husband) find moments of touching pathos amidst the madness. For her part, Bening delivers an acclaimed performance that gives the film a dramatic weight it otherwise lacks. The rest is for anyone who enjoys a laugh at the freak-show expense of damaged and damaging characters. --Jeff Shannon
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Definitely a waste of time. I expected more from top actors and actresses but they had no substance to work from. I expected a comedy. NOT. Very dark and depressing. The book was worse; don't waste your time on either.
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Ridiculous and atrocious. Does a disservice to a mediocre book. And all backed by a soundtrack that's unnecessary and completely out of place. Avoid.
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This is my second review,..yes I loved the movie and wont go into the plot, and story line, there are hundreds of that out there but, I am still waiting for any one that can make sense of the last few minutes of this Great film...I am so frustrated because, I really like this movie but the the last minutes of the end, just went over my head....Any one out there have a take /opinion on this
My last review I think was deleted.
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This movie was very different from what I would usually watch, but I did enjoy it quite a lot. It was recommended to me by a friend as otherwise I doubt that I would have ever ordered it. I have watched it a couple of times now and I do recommend it to anyone with an open mind as it is a bit strange but has a great cast of actors. I especially enjoyed the ending as I feel it has a happy one which I always like.
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Running with Scissors has become one of my favorite movies.
It's characters are as colorful as a box of crayola crayons and twice as fun.
The story is heartbreaking as well as heart warming,all set to a fantastic Seventies Soundtrack.
It's hard to pick out a Stand out because their all so wonderful.
Although In my opinion Evan Rachel Wood and Jill Clayburgh were the most effective in their roles.Jill Clayburgh could have overplayed her role but she didn't she was subtle yet very effective as the neglected eccentric housewife Agnes.Wood is always a delight to watch,no exception here.
Joseph Fiennes also gives a wonderful performance as the schizophrenic homosexual "Neil Bookman" who although a tortured soul shows a tender childlike side that we all can relate to.
Joseph Cross as Augustin Burroughs is charming and a joy to watch.
Annette Benning was the only person nominated and it was for a Golden Globe,.
I would have to disagree and give the others mentioned a Nod as well.
The music and songs fit so well with the scenes that you find yourself anticipating the music as much as the scenario itself.If you have ever thought you or your family were eccentric or out of the "so called" Norm you will really get a kick out of this movie.
This is definitely in my top 20 films of all time.
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