Running with Scissors
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?
R
HD
Comedy, Drama
2006
116 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Running with Scissors
- Duration : 116 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Ryan Murphy (screenplay), Augusten Burroughs (book)
- Directors : Ryan Murphy min
- Imdb : 6.2 (19446 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.1 (132679 votes)
- Actors : Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood
Movie Storyline
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?