list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Running With Scissors on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Running_With_Scissors/258541/default.aspx Title: Running With Scissors
Year: 2006
Director: Ryan Murphy
Plot: Screen newcomer Joseph Cross portrays Augusten Burroughs in director Ryan Murphy's film adaptation of author Burroughs' best-selling personal memoir of the same name. A child of the 1970s whose alcoholic father Norman (Alec Baldwin) and delusional, unpublished poet mother Deidre (Annette Benning) serve as the dictionary definition of the word "dysfunctional," Augusten is sent by his mother to live with her eccentric psychiatrist Dr. Finch (Brian Cox) when his disagreeable parents ultimately decide terminate their turbulent marriage. Suddenly thrust into an environment that is as unfamiliar as it is unpredictable, young Augusten forms a curious relationship with the doctor's two whimsical daughters while learning to adapt and survive under even the most unusual of circumstances. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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]]>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:09:28 GMTRunning With Scissors2006Ryan MurphyScreen newcomer <a href="/players/P___230348/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Joseph Cross</a> portrays Augusten Burroughs in director Ryan Murphy's film adaptation of author Burroughs' best-selling personal memoir of the same name. A child of the 1970s whose alcoholic father Norman (<a href="/players/P_____3515/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Alec Baldwin</a>) and delusional, unpublished poet mother Deidre (Annette Benning) serve as the dictionary definition of the word "dysfunctional," Augusten is sent by his mother to live with her eccentric psychiatrist Dr. Finch (<a href="/players/P____86106/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Brian Cox</a>) when his disagreeable parents ultimately decide terminate their turbulent marriage. Suddenly thrust into an environment that is as unfamiliar as it is unpredictable, young Augusten forms a curious relationship with the doctor's two whimsical daughters while learning to adapt and survive under even the most unusual of circumstances. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide15Tag Target (>10)231132http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u05112giwv2.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Running_With_Scissors/258541/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Depressing_holidays_dysfunctional_families_fo/190/37287/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: STEPHENtheDIRECTOR
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Post Date: 11/13/2008 4:38:42 PM
Body: Depressing holidays: Pieces of April The Ice Storm Groundhog Day The Apartment Planes, Trains & Automobiles Dysfunctional Families: Pieces of April The Royal Tenebaums Psycho Happiness Running With Scissors Most Accessible Foreign Films: Amelie Night Watch Run Lola Run The Lives of Others Pan's Labyrinth
]]>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:38:42 GMTSTEPHENtheDIRECTORTop 511/13/2008 4:38:42 PMDepressing holidays: Pieces of April The Ice Storm Groundhog Day The Apartment Planes, Trains &amp; Automobiles Dysfunctional Families: Pieces of April The Royal Tenebaums Psycho Happiness Running With Scissors Most Accessible Foreign Films: Amelie Night Watch Run Lola Run The Lives of Others Pan's Labyrinth http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Depressing_holidays_dysfunctional_families_fo/190/37212/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 11/11/2008 12:52:55 PM
Body: [quote user="indieabby88"] Top dysfunctional families (in no particular order) The Tenenbaums from The Royal Tenenbaums The Buckmans from Rachel Getting Married The Berkmans (coincidence?) from The Squid and the Whale The Burnhams from American Beauty The Burnses from Pieces of April The Burroughses/the Finches from Running with Scissors The family from Death at a Funeral (no last names were given) Carrie and her mother from Carrie The Torrances from the Shining Weird bit of trivia: Peter Hedges, who wrote and directed "Pieces of April" also wrote and directed "Dan in Real Life," another movie about a dysfunctional family with the last name of Burns. [/quote] Wow all of the family names start with B or T. Strange.
]]>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:52:55 GMTRisseladaTop 511/11/2008 12:52:55 PM[quote user="indieabby88"] Top dysfunctional families (in no particular order) The Tenenbaums from The Royal Tenenbaums The Buckmans from Rachel Getting Married The Berkmans (coincidence?) from The Squid and the Whale The Burnhams from American Beauty The Burnses from Pieces of April The Burroughses/the Finches from Running with Scissors The family from Death at a Funeral (no last names were given) Carrie and her mother from Carrie The Torrances from the Shining Weird bit of trivia: Peter Hedges, who wrote and directed "Pieces of April" also wrote and directed "Dan in Real Life," another movie about a dysfunctional family with the last name of Burns. [/quote] Wow all of the family names start with B or T. Strange. http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Depressing_holidays_dysfunctional_families_fo/190/37172/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: indieabby88
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Post Date: 11/10/2008 8:12:07 PM
Body: Top dysfunctional families (in no particular order) The Tenenbaums from The Royal Tenenbaums The Buckmans from Rachel Getting Married The Berkmans (coincidence?) from The Squid and the Whale The Burnhams from American Beauty The Burnses from Pieces of April The Burroughses/the Finches from Running with Scissors The family from Death at a Funeral (no last names were given) Carrie and her mother from Carrie The Torrances from the Shining Weird bit of trivia: Peter Hedges, who wrote and directed "Pieces of April" also wrote and directed "Dan in Real Life," another movie about a dysfunctional family with the last name of Burns.
]]>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:12:07 GMTindieabby88Top 511/10/2008 8:12:07 PMTop dysfunctional families (in no particular order) The Tenenbaums from The Royal Tenenbaums The Buckmans from Rachel Getting Married The Berkmans (coincidence?) from The Squid and the Whale The Burnhams from American Beauty The Burnses from Pieces of April The Burroughses/the Finches from Running with Scissors The family from Death at a Funeral (no last names were given) Carrie and her mother from Carrie The Torrances from the Shining Weird bit of trivia: Peter Hedges, who wrote and directed "Pieces of April" also wrote and directed "Dan in Real Life," another movie about a dysfunctional family with the last name of Burns. http://www.spout.com/blogs/jj79/archive/2008/6/6/30646.aspx Post By: JJ79
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Post Date: 6/6/2008 2:23:20 PM
Body: Released: October 27, 2006Director: Ryan Murphy*****A movie based on a best selling memoir filled to the brim with accomplished actors. Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Gwyneth Paltrow. A sublime performance by Joseph Cross. Pretty good art direction inside a house stuck in time. How the hell does one of the mind's behind Nip/Tuck spew out such utter drivel? Surely someone looked at the dailies and had second thoughts about what was being committed to film. If not, everyone involved needs to be fired.When Deirdre Burroughs (Bening) gives custody of her young son Augusten (Cross) to her therapist, the unscrupulous Dr. Finch (Cox), the boy's life takes a strange turn. As if catching his mother locking lips with a poetry friend (Kristin Chenoweth) wasn't bad enough and his father (Baldwin) not wanting anything to do with him wouldn't scar him for the rest of his life, the Finch household throws Augusten to the dogs. He not only starts a comatose affair with another patient's child (Fiennes), but delves deeper into a criminally incompetent family.I have nothing but unrequited bile for Running with Scissors. Not content to squander an A-list cast, the film is nothing more than the most outlandish facsimiles of a childhood the now-adult Burroughs can come up with. Pompous, full of hyper-hyperbole and lacking any sense of reality, how is the audience supposed to relate, let alone become invested in the proceedings? It's as if Burroughs took a painful childhood and morphed each event into such a distorted version of the original its unrecognizable. Maybe that's the point, that the doctor's palatial home was never painted pink, yet that is what Augusten remembers it being to make the memory go down easier. Is it at all possible Deirdre lets her therapist adopt her son, falling into a continuing spiral of drugs and psychotic episodes? In some reality, it makes pseudo-sense. In the reality we all live in, it doesn't. Someone would have stepped in: child services, the cleaning lady, a family friend. Someone. Anyone.Running with Scissors is Burroughs jab at the people who shaped his life. Quite possibly the only one he can possibly have, considering the fates of the characters involved according to the end credits. Estrangement, death, bankruptcy...it's a recurring theme. The last, specifically, tends to describe the finished film: creatively bankrupt. It doesn't take any skill to be mean, vindictive and cruel. It takes much more talent to create a satire, one that hangs together as a complete story with a brain and a heart instead of becoming a series of events Augusten remembers. Self indulgent, nearly interminable, offensive to the intelligent... If this is truly a straight adaptation of the source material, it might have been better served staying on the page. This is just a grotesque embarrassment for everyone involved, one or two good performances be damned.
]]>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:23:20 GMTJJ79JJ79 Blog6/6/2008 2:23:20 PM Released: October 27, 2006Director: Ryan Murphy*****A movie based on a best selling memoir filled to the brim with accomplished actors. Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Gwyneth Paltrow. A sublime performance by Joseph Cross. Pretty good art direction inside a house stuck in time. How the hell does one of the mind's behind Nip/Tuck spew out such utter drivel? Surely someone looked at the dailies and had second thoughts about what was being committed to film. If not, everyone involved needs to be fired.When Deirdre Burroughs (Bening) gives custody of her young son Augusten (Cross) to her therapist, the unscrupulous Dr. Finch (Cox), the boy's life takes a strange turn. As if catching his mother locking lips with a poetry friend (Kristin Chenoweth) wasn't bad enough and his father (Baldwin) not wanting anything to do with him wouldn't scar him for the rest of his life, the Finch household throws Augusten to the dogs. He not only starts a comatose affair with another patient's child (Fiennes), but delves deeper into a criminally incompetent family.I have nothing but unrequited bile for Running with Scissors. Not content to squander an A-list cast, the film is nothing more than the most outlandish facsimiles of a childhood the now-adult Burroughs can come up with. Pompous, full of hyper-hyperbole and lacking any sense of reality, how is the audience supposed to relate, let alone become invested in the proceedings? It's as if Burroughs took a painful childhood and morphed each event into such a distorted version of the original its unrecognizable. Maybe that's the point, that the doctor's palatial home was never painted pink, yet that is what Augusten remembers it being to make the memory go down easier. Is it at all possible Deirdre lets her therapist adopt her son, falling into a continuing spiral of drugs and psychotic episodes? In some reality, it makes pseudo-sense. In the reality we all live in, it doesn't. Someone would have stepped in: child services, the cleaning lady, a family friend. Someone. Anyone.Running with Scissors is Burroughs jab at the people who shaped his life. Quite possibly the only one he can possibly have, considering the fates of the characters involved according to the end credits. Estrangement, death, bankruptcy...it's a recurring theme. The last, specifically, tends to describe the finished film: creatively bankrupt. It doesn't take any skill to be mean, vindictive and cruel. It takes much more talent to create a satire, one that hangs together as a complete story with a brain and a heart instead of becoming a series of events Augusten remembers. Self indulgent, nearly interminable, offensive to the intelligent... If this is truly a straight adaptation of the source material, it might have been better served staying on the page. This is just a grotesque embarrassment for everyone involved, one or two good performances be damned. http://www.spout.com/blogs/analogzombie/archive/2007/12/2/22460.aspx Post By: analogzombie
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Post Date: 12/2/2007 11:16:10 AM
Body: Running with Scissors is the perfect example of a movie that would have benefitted from a smaller scope and less money. Somewhere on the development fast track this film was singled out for tons of money and an amazing A-list of actors. In the process it seems to have lost its soul. Instead of a conherent, and connected narrative, what we get is a ton of interesting and quirky characters.
]]>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:16:10 GMTanalogzombieanalogzombie Blog12/2/2007 11:16:10 AMRunning with Scissors is the perfect example of a movie that would have benefitted from a smaller scope and less money. Somewhere on the development fast track this film was singled out for tons of money and an amazing A-list of actors. In the process it seems to have lost its soul. Instead of a conherent, and connected narrative, what we get is a ton of interesting and quirky characters. http://www.spout.com/blogs/jakestevens/archive/2007/11/19/21815.aspx Post By: JakeStevens
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Post Date: 11/19/2007 11:31:11 PM
Body: Decent film...it made me glad MY life isn't that messed up. I alternately thought Brian Cox was hilarious and really sad. I wouldn't have even recognized Joseph Fiennes if I didn't know he was in the film. Evan Rachel Wood is a cutie...in a fucked up sort of way (she's currently "dating" Marilyn Manson"). Alec Baldwin is a character I felt I sympathized with one minute, and thought was a scumbag the next. Not a bad film at all - it's just not a "feel-good" movie...and sometimes it's good to see films like that because, like I said, it made me thankful for my own life.
]]>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:31:11 GMTJakeStevensJakeStevens Blog11/19/2007 11:31:11 PMDecent film...it made me glad MY life isn&#39;t that messed up. I alternately thought Brian Cox was hilarious and really sad. I wouldn&#39;t have even recognized Joseph Fiennes if I didn&#39;t know he was in the film. Evan Rachel Wood is a cutie...in a fucked up sort of way (she&#39;s currently &quot;dating&quot; Marilyn Manson&quot;). Alec Baldwin is a character I felt I sympathized with one minute, and thought was a scumbag the next. Not a bad film at all - it&#39;s just not a &quot;feel-good&quot; movie...and sometimes it&#39;s good to see films like that because, like I said, it made me thankful for my own life. http://www.spout.com/blogs/applesauce/archive/2007/7/5/13225.aspx Post By: applesauce
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Post Date: 7/5/2007 8:04:10 PM
Body: I liked it.I felt like it was a biography of my life.
]]>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:04:10 GMTapplesauceapplesauce Blog7/5/2007 8:04:10 PMI liked it.I felt like it was a biography of my life. http://www.spout.com/blogs/hairylime/archive/2007/4/11/6907.aspx Post By: HairyLime
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Post Date: 4/11/2007 10:59:28 AM
Body: After an hour of this snoozefest, we voted to boot it from the DVD player. Amazing how a movie filled with so many quirky characters could be so incredibly dull. The directing seemed sloppy and had no life despite the admirable job by most of the actors. I've heard the book is pretty interesting, perhaps I would check it out if I had any interest in how this story ended.
]]>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:59:28 GMTHairyLimeHairyLime Blog4/11/2007 10:59:28 AMAfter an hour of this snoozefest, we voted to boot it from the DVD player. Amazing how a movie filled with so many quirky characters could be so incredibly dull. The directing seemed sloppy and had no life despite the admirable job by most of the actors. I&#39;ve heard the book is pretty interesting, perhaps I would check it out if I had any interest in how this story ended. http://www.spout.com/blogs/indianagirl/archive/2007/3/10/6263.aspx Post By: Indianagirl
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Post Date: 3/10/2007 1:47:25 AM
Body: I actually read the book before the movie came out. I do like the movie but the book is a lot better. I fell in love with Augusten. Although, I pictured him being a little younger. If you like this movie, you should read the book. I laughed out loud the entire time!
]]>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:47:25 GMTIndianagirlIndianagirl Blog3/10/2007 1:47:25 AMI actually read the book before the movie came out. I do like the movie but the book is a lot better. I fell in love with Augusten. Although, I pictured him being a little younger. If you like this movie, you should read the book. I laughed out loud the entire time! http://www.spout.com/blogs/jenn/archive/2007/2/23/5713.aspx Post By: Jenn
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Post Date: 2/23/2007 11:12:09 AM
Body: I loved all the actors in Running with Scissors and expected great things. Surely this quirky movie was about to get really good. By minute 92 I gave up. It definitely had some funny moments though they didn't build enough to get you laughing. I found myself frowning at my TV more than anything only hope keeping the film running. I put this film in the same category as Life Aquatic and The Royal Tenenbaums... for its potential for cult following. The film itself seemed dated in method and technology as the music -from the 70's, an era which I don't appreciate, overplayed the acting and voices. There were also lingering shots on uneeded scenes making you think there was significance where in fact they were likely just the directors favorites for the lighting or a cousin's friend, or a landlord. The movie did teach me one thing however and that was to pay more attention to scumbags.. or at least men who look like scumbags but could well indeed be Joe Fiennes!
]]>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:12:09 GMTJennJenn Blog2/23/2007 11:12:09 AMI loved all the actors in Running with Scissors and expected great things. Surely this quirky movie was about to get really good. By minute 92 I gave up. It definitely had some funny moments though they didn&#39;t build enough to get you laughing. I found myself frowning at my TV more than anything only hope keeping the film running. I put this film in the same category as Life Aquatic and The Royal Tenenbaums... for its potential for cult following. The film itself seemed dated in method and technology as the music -from the 70&#39;s, an era which I don&#39;t appreciate, overplayed the acting and voices. There were also lingering shots on uneeded scenes making you think there was significance where in fact they were likely just the directors favorites for the lighting or a cousin&#39;s friend, or a landlord. The movie did teach me one thing however and that was to pay more attention to scumbags.. or at least men who look like scumbags but could well indeed be Joe Fiennes! http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/family/MemberTagFilms.aspxfamily
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