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Running with Scissors (2006)
Director: Ryan Murphy
Cast: Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Gwyneth Paltrow
6.1
32%Runtime116 min
Rating15
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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.
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Fans of quirky, darkly comedic dramas will delight in the 2006 film 'Running with Scissors' directed by Ryan Murphy, which features standout performances from a talented cast including Annette Bening and Gwyneth Paltrow as they navigate the dysfunctional world of a therapist's eccentric family.
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Running with Scissors is a 2006 American comedy drama film written and directed by Ryan Murphy, based on Augusten Burroughs' 2002 memoir of the same name, and starring Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Jill Clayburgh and Gwyneth Paltrow. The semi-autobiographical account of Burroughs' childhood, based on his best-selling book, received mixed reviews as a film.
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