Why it may be worth watching
- Running with Scissors combines Drama and Comedy elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian Cox.
- TMDB viewers currently rate it 5.8/10 from 266 votes.
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Running with Scissors
Do not disturb them. They already are.
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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Cast
Joseph CrossAugusten Burroughs
Annette BeningDeirdre Burroughs
Brian CoxDr. Finch
Gwyneth PaltrowHope Finch
Joseph FiennesNeil Bookman
Evan Rachel WoodNatalie Finch
Alec BaldwinNorman Burroughs
Jill ClayburghAgnes Finch
Gabrielle UnionDorothy
Patrick WilsonMichael Shephard
Kristin ChenowethFern Stewart
Dagmara DominczykSuzanne
Colleen CampJoan
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Best suited to viewers looking for Drama, Comedy.
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Themes and topics
husband wife relationshipsibling relationshipbased on novel or bookbecoming an adulttherapistmarriage crisis1970sadoption
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