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Running with Scissors

Running with Scissors

2006 · Movie · 2h 2m · R

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.

Ratings

SourceRatingWeight
IMDb6.1/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes32%21%
Metacritic52/10021%
TMDB5.8/10266 votes16%
Balasaur Score53100%

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