Running with Scissors

About Running with Scissors

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.

Running with Scissors is a 2006 comedy film directed by Ryan Murphy. At 122 minutes long, it arrived in October 2006.

Its themes are adoption, marriage crisis, therapist, and becoming an adult. The film began as a novel.

Joseph Cross takes the lead as Augusten Burroughs, Annette Bening as Deirdre Burroughs, Brian Cox as Dr. Finch, and Gwyneth Paltrow as Hope Finch. The screenplay is by Ryan Murphy. In the United States it streams on Howdy Amazon Channel and Hulu.

The Poseidon Adventure, Stuart Little, and Revolutionary Road make useful companions to Running with Scissors, all filed under 1970s, husband wife relationship, and sibling relationship. TMDB voters put it at 5.8 out of 10 across 266 votes and it carries a R rating.