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Running with Scissors (2006) 6.2
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Metascore: 52/100
Reviews: 183 user | 129 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family. Director:Ryan Murphy |
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| Annette Bening | ... | ||
| Brian Cox | ... | ||
| Joseph Fiennes | ... | ||
| Evan Rachel Wood | ... | ||
| Alec Baldwin | ... | ||
| Joseph Cross | ... | ||
| Jill Clayburgh | ... | ||
| Gwyneth Paltrow | ... | ||
| Gabrielle Union | ... | ||
| Patrick Wilson | ... | ||
| Kristin Chenoweth | ... | ||
| Dagmara Dominczyk | ... | ||
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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 (1965- ) 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? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
27 October 2006 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Running with Scissors See more »Filming Locations:
Milbank & McFie House - 3340 Country Club Drive, Midtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$12,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$226,108 (USA) (20 October 2006)Gross:
$6,754,898 (USA) (17 November 2006)Company Credits
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Augusten Burroughs: Don't try to stop me, Agnes. I'm going. I'm going to miss you.
Agnes Finch: I'll miss you, too. You're a... the best son a mom could ever want. You need to know that.
[She hands him a small box filled with money]
Augusten Burroughs: Oh, my God. Agnes, there's - there's a lot of money here.
Agnes Finch: A penny here, a dime there. It adds up. The Doctor doesn't know I have it, of course. No one does. You know, this morning, the IRS came again. And I almost gave it to them. Then I though, "...
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(1975)
Written by Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, Alan Gorrie, Onnie McIntyre (as Owen McIntyre),
Robbie McIntosh and Hamish Stuart
Performed by Average White Band
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing and Courtesy of AWB Classics
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In a scene between Dr. Finch and Bookman: Dr. Finch yells that he sent Bookman to photography school at the University of Rochester (U of R). The U of R is a medical and research school, with no photography majors. However the Rochester Institute of Technology is a world-known college for photography majors. See more »Quotes
Agnes Finch: Natalie is not coming. I told her I'd deal with it.Augusten Burroughs: Don't try to stop me, Agnes. I'm going. I'm going to miss you.
Agnes Finch: I'll miss you, too. You're a... the best son a mom could ever want. You need to know that.
[She hands him a small box filled with money]
Augusten Burroughs: Oh, my God. Agnes, there's - there's a lot of money here.
Agnes Finch: A penny here, a dime there. It adds up. The Doctor doesn't know I have it, of course. No one does. You know, this morning, the IRS came again. And I almost gave it to them. Then I though, "...
[...]
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Soundtracks
Pick Up the Pieces(1975)
Written by Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, Alan Gorrie, Onnie McIntyre (as Owen McIntyre),
Robbie McIntosh and Hamish Stuart
Performed by Average White Band
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing and Courtesy of AWB Classics
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Usually when I read the book before the movie, the movie can't live up to book. This time, the book was great and the movie more than lived up to it. It's strange that we can laugh at others' misfortunes but these situations are so absurd that they are hysterical. Each actor truly inhabited their parts. Annette Benning should be nominated for an Oscar. Brian Cox, Joseph Cross, and a great Jill Clayburgh really were amazing.
Needless to say, I highly recommend this movie. It's even more amazing when you realize it's based on what really happened to Augusten Burroughs. And stay through the credits.