Running with Scissors (2006)

10/27/2006 (US) • 1h 56m

Drama, Comedy

Do not disturb them. They already are.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Joseph Cross

Augusten Burroughs

Annette Bening

Deirdre Burroughs

Brian Cox

Dr. Finch

Gwyneth Paltrow

Hope Finch

Joseph Fiennes

Neil Bookman

Evan Rachel Wood

Natalie Finch

Alec Baldwin

Norman Burroughs

Jill Clayburgh

Agnes Finch


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$12,000,000.00

Revenue

$6,754,898.00

Keywords

husband wife relationship

sibling relationship

based on novel or book

becoming an adult

therapist

marriage crisis

1970s

adoption

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