Running with Scissors
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
- Genre: Comedy | Drama
- Tagline: Ever have one of those lives?
- Runtime: 122 minutes
Cast
Annette Bening : Deirdre Burroughs
Brian Cox : Dr. Finch
Joseph Fiennes : Neil Bookman
Evan Rachel Wood : Natalie Finch
Alec Baldwin : Norman Burroughs
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Based on the memoir Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, the film is a semi-autobiographical account of Burroughs’ childhood. His mother (Annette Bening), perceiving an ill-fated upbringing, places him under the care of her unorthodox psychiatrist, Dr. Finch (Brian Cox), the eccentric patriarch of an oddball family.
At the age of 12, Burroughs (played by Joseph Cross) finds himself in Victorian squalor living an unconventional youth among the doctor’s family, and is subject to irregular visits by his increasingly unsound mother. At one point, Burroughs befriends Neil Bookman (Joseph Fiennes), Finch’s adopted 33-year-old son, and the two enter an erratic sexual relationship.
The story is of a childhood in which the boundary between reality and fantasy is ignored and finally broken; as, ultimately, is the irreplaceable bond between mother and son.
In an interview regarding the movie, Augusten Burroughs stated that he felt the movie was about one’s quest for family. Read more
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