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At the crazy Finch house, Augusten finds solace in Mrs. Finch, a listless, bedraggled matriarch who usually sits nearly catatonic on the sofa eating doggie-kibble and watching old black-and-white TV shows. The wounded boy brings out her motherly side and she becomes the most loving person in his life.
Running with Scissors is a 2006 American film based on Augusten Burroughs' 2002 memoir of the same name, written and directed by Ryan Murphy, and starring Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Jill Clayburgh, and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Parents say Not yet rated Rate movie. Kids say ( 2 ): More absurd than insightful, Running with Scissors treats its dangerously self-deluded characters as broadly comic figures. Director Ryan Murphy's film grapples with mature themes -- including child sexual abuse, drug and alcohol addiction, and mental illness -- but loses its way thanks to ...
Nov 14, 1997 · POSTAL is an isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action. Blast, maim and fire-bomb your way through 17 unsuspecting locales, from a small town to a heavily guarded military complex. Don’t get too crazy – this killing spree is anything but senseless. Out here, strategy is key and the locals are packin’.
The movie is peopled by characters without boundaries and the cast responds by turning in some of the most extravagant performances this side of I, Claudius. While Bening may nab the Oscar nomination, it’s Baldwin who deserves it. With his soft gut and defeated stoop, the actor plays Norman without hope, or irony, a heartbreaking performance ...
The story of the traumatic childhood of writer Augusten Burroughs. After his parents' divorce, Augusten is abandoned by his mentally unstable, aspiring-poet mother and sent to live with her fraudulent psychiatrist and his nutty family. Realizing at age 13 that he is gay, he has an affair with another, 33 year old, adopted son. At 17, Augusten finally escapes the emotional chaos and moves to ...
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 ...
