Film2006116 min

Running with Scissors

Name: Running with Scissors
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2006
Duration: 116 min
Cast: Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin

Taste attributes: comedydramalightemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leads

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"Ever have one of those lives?"

Boxlist takeA moving comedy-drama, light rather than heavy. Best if you like escapism over depth.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

5.9 /10

TMDB · 179 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Balanced, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

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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