Running With Scissors is based on the personal memoirs by Augusten Burroughs of the same title.

"Based on the memoir Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, the film is a semi-autobiographical account of Burroughs' childhood. His mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist, an eccentric man with an eccentric family.

At the age of twelve, Burroughs found himself amidst Victorian squalor living with the doctor’s bizarre family and befriending Neil Bookman, a pederast who resided in the backyard shed. The story is one of an outlaw childhood where rules were unheard of, and the Christmas tree stayed up all year round, where Valium was consumed like candy, and if things got dull an electroshock-therapy machine could provide entertainment.

I really enjoyed the book and was excited to find out that a movie was made. Then I was disappointed when I learned of all the changes that were made.

I finally rented it this weekend and was pleasantly surprised by it. The movie is good. They did leave a lot out from the book. I would consider the movie to be more of a summary of the book.

Joseph Cross who plays Augusten was good but I thought he played him a little flat-he could have been a lot more witty. Annette Bening is PERFECT as the psychotic mother!!!! Nobody else could play her better. Brian Cox was good as Dr. Finch- he didnt overplay him which would be really easy to do. Joseph Finnes is also perfect as Neil Bookman even though I feel they really cut back on his character. Evan Rachel Wood is just playing another typical disgruntled teenage character as all of her past characters. I felt like she was trying to hard at playing Natalie. Gweneth Paltrow is also trying to hard at playing Hope- although she does have one creepy moment when she is making stew.

Overall the movie was good but it could have been a lot better!!!!The book is definitely better than movie

Oh yeah if you have read the book then you know there is a lot of man on man sex but there is none at all in the movie.
sorry if someone has already done a review of this movie.


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