Running with Scissors
October 27, 2006
116 minutes
5.8
DramaComedy

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.

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Cast
Joseph Cross
(Augusten Burroughs)
Annette Bening
(Deirdre Burroughs)
Brian Cox
(Dr. Finch)
Gwyneth Paltrow
(Hope Finch)
Joseph Fiennes
(Neil Bookman)
Evan Rachel Wood
(Natalie Finch)
Alec Baldwin
(Norman Burroughs)
Jill Clayburgh
(Agnes Finch)
Gabrielle Union
(Dorothy)
Patrick Wilson
(Michael Shephard)
Kristin Chenoweth
(Fern Stewart)
Dagmara Dominczyk
(Suzanne)
Colleen Camp
(Joan)
Jack Kaeding
(Six-Year-Old Augusten Burroughs)
Gabriel Guedj
(Poo)
Nancy Cassaro
(Christy - 1978 Poetry Club)
Omid Abtahi
(Restaurant Manager)
Julie Remala
(Restaurant Waitress)
Will Carter
(Officer Button)
Bonnie Weis
(Cocktail Waitress)
Dakotah Masset
(Waitress)
Marianne Muellerleile
(Nurse)
Anthony Aria
(Audience Member (uncredited))
Augusten Burroughs
(Self (uncredited))
Lindsay Canton
(Co-Ed (uncredited))
Leslie Grossman
(Sue (uncredited))
Joshua Levine
(Chris (uncredited))
Margaret Newborn
(Audience Member (uncredited))
Devanny Pinn
(Poetry Club Member (uncredited))
Amy Rider
(Sugar (uncredited))
Gary Sievers
(Jewish Rabbi (uncredited))
Joseph Sims
(Audience Member (uncredited))
Scott Slifer
(Audience Member (uncredited))
Cole Volmer
(College Student (uncredited))
Pilar Walsh
(Professor's Wife (uncredited))