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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396159136
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 15
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledPortugueseSubtitledChineseSubtitledKoreanSubtitledFrenchDubbedDolby Digital 5.1PortugueseDubbedDolby Digital 5.1SpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: D15913D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: February 06, 2007
Running Time: 122 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: October 27, 2006
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Follows the life of Augusten Burroughs after his mother gives him up for adoption to her psychiatrist.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 3-JUL-2007
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
Annette Bening is the stand-out highlight in this dysfunctional "family" comedy based on the bestselling memoir by Augusten Burroughs. Although fans of the book may be slightly disappointed with the film's uneven and somewhat campy rendition of Burroughs' twisted adolescence in the 1970s, there's plenty of pleasure to be found in the work of an excellent cast led by Bening, who gives a subtle dare-to-hate-me performance as Burroughs' mother Diedre, a would-be poet who's so aloof about her teenage son Augusten (played by fresh-faced newcomer Joseph Cross, from Flags of Our Fathers) that she allows him to be legally adopted into the eccentric family of her psychiatrist, Dr. Finch (Brian Cox). As the half-crazed Finch overmedicates Diedre into a haze of semi-conscious madness, he also turns Augusten's life upside down while his wife (Jill Clayburgh) and daughters (Gwyneth Paltrow, Evan Rachel Wood) indulge their own eccentricities and Augusten enters into an intimate relationship with one of Finch's adopted patients (played by Joseph Fiennes).
As adapted and directed by Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy, Running with Scissors lacks the singular voice of Burroughs' dryly comedic first-person narrative, but even as the film struggles to find a consistent tone, it's so full of wacky behavior that you can't help laughing. It's a messy, patchwork quilt of a movie, blessed by authentically garish '70s production design and a soundtrack of familiar '70s hits. In rendering Burroughs' indelible portrait of weak, irresponsible adults and the people they victimize, Murphy and his well-chosen cast (which also includes Alec Baldwin as Diedre's ex-husband) find moments of touching pathos amidst the madness. For her part, Bening delivers an acclaimed performance that gives the film a dramatic weight it otherwise lacks. The rest is for anyone who enjoys a laugh at the freak-show expense of damaged and damaging characters. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  -
An exceptionally well-done adaptation of the book. Unlike a typical film, where the screenwriter thinks he or she knows better than the original bestselling author, Ryan Murphy (who also directed and produced this film) trusts the original material enough to adapt the majority of it. The casting for this movie is superb too - from the surprising appearance of Joseph Fiennes as the mentally deranged 35-year-old Bookman, who has an affair with the protagonist, to Annette Bening cast as the protagonist's ... Read More
Rating: -
Because I have seen opportunistic therapists and a greedy Denver divorce attorney take advantage of and harm my family, the movie reminds me that we must make our own decisions when seeking assistance from doctors, therapists, and lawyers and always to get second and third independent opinions when unsure. For me, the movie reminds us to limit the influence of these and other professionals so that they serve as informational consultants to, not authoritarian directors of our lives.
My synopsis ... Read More
Rating:  -
Make no mistake: Annette Bening does a fantastic job here as the mentally unbalanced, frustrated poet, and mother of the real life protagonist, Augusten Burroughs. Alec Baldwin does a nice turn as the alky father, while Paltrow, Wood, Cox, et. al. portray the messy and crazy Finch family which adopts Augusten for a while. Joseph Fiennes is also great in his role as Augusten's sometime lover.
Sure, it's a great cast, but the year that it covers seems to drag on and on, with pervasive musical interludes, ... Read More
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It's hard for me to rate this movie, maybe I should've gone higher. Watching this was the first time I've ever liked a movie better than it's book. To me (and I'm in the minority on this) the book seemed unbelievable. A huge credit to the actors in this film. You could see their motives on their faces, they made unconscionable things human and believable. I don't know if anyone got an award for this, but many certainly should have. Especially Annette Benning. When I read the book, to me the mother was practically soul ... Read More
Rating:  -
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