Running with Scissors

  • 2007


MOVIE IS gorgeous interesting hysterical different enjoyable
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31 % Rotten
$ 7 Million
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Positive Reviews 21
Negative reviews 15
Average Rating 2.9/5
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4.5
Say what you will about this movie that its abstruse, heavy handed, self important, slow moving but to claim its a damaging theological polemic misses .. Austin Chronicle
2.0
But neither her nor Benings remarkable and exactingly off kilter turns are enough to salvage Burroughs cinematic maelstrom. Austin Chronicle
3.5
This film has a very high cool factor but itis still unquestionably small, touching along the way on gay sex, paedophiliaand pharmaceutical abuse. Screen Daily
3.5
If you can appreciate the film as a series of quirky vignettes, without the depth needed to inspire and uplift, then there is plenty to enjoy here. Cinema Blend
3.0
Running with Scissors is a thought provoking film about young lives whacked and warped by the excessive craziness of adults. Spirituality And Practice
3.1
Augusten Burroughs best selling Me Decade memoir of a misbegotten adolescence spent shuttling between his manic depressive mother and her psychiatrist .. Tv Guide
1.9
Also, the director allows the storys tragedy to reach hysterical proportions, pitched wildly over the top and way past any reasonable balancing point. Combust Ible Celluloid
2.8
A two hour film needs characters we believe, like, and feel connected to, not freaks from a sideshow. Eric Ds Nider
2.5
So the film fails in its frequent attempts to stir the heartstrings as each character sheds tears of frustration and pain.Similarly, while there are m .. Shadows On The Wall
2.0
Murphy has assembled a superb cast but he fails to do anything really interesting with their quirky characters and they outstay their welcome well bef .. View London
4.5
Young actor Cross handles his big role with effortless charm and comedic timing. Film Journal
4.5
I understand it because I spent the better part of two days trying to decide if I loved it or hated it.I loved it. Mountain X
1.8
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2.0
In the end, what is it for.The movie adopts a rather smug tone about its characters, as if were meant to either chuckle or recoil in horror at them. Reel Talk Reviews
2.5
The experience is unusual zany, even but not nearly as dangerous or exhilarating as one would hope from the recklessness the title implies. Ew
2.0
The director treats the authors delicious humour like a tumour, removing every trace, which leads to a one note tale shorn of ebullience saved from on .. Empire
2.5
But stories about the mentally disturbed popping pills and engaging in screaming matches dont make for entertaining movies. Sf Gate
3.5
Cesar Sayoc, an outspoken Trump supporter, has been charged with sending 13 devices and is likely to be charged for a 14th addressed to Democratic don .. Washington Post
3.8
The movie, too, walks a fine line between being too offbeat by a half and not knowing whether to go for laughs or tragedy, but writer director Ryan Mu .. The Movie Boy
1.5
The characters may be interesting and funny at times, but that doesnt make you root for them. Bullz-Eye
2.8
I cant say that Running with Scissors is a likable film but it sure is a strange one. Reeling Reviews
1.5
It looks like a lot of stuff I adore in movies: it revels in its quirky humor, it celebrates the unconventional, it refuses to play nice, either with .. Flickfilosopher
2.5
As dysfunctional family movies go, this is one skip. It doesnt just run with the scissors, it falls on them. ReelViews
1.5
A look at the Laugh Factorys Comedy Camp, which for more than 30 years has offered a place for at risk kids and otherwise to try their hand at stand u .. Calendar Live
3.0
Unfortunately acting excellence becomes the primary reason to follow the film to its conclusion. Hollywood
2.2
One leaves the theater suspecting there just may be a whole other side to this story. Seattle Pi
3.5
Stripped down for its transition from book to script, Running With Scissors is a satisfying wry dramatic comedy. Coles Mithey
1.3
Everything within the film from the performances to the dialogue to the sets has been painted with extremely broad strokes, with the end result a piec .. Reel Film
1.9
People used to move to the suburbs to save money.Now, nearly every corner of Toronto has downtown rent In Part 2 of a series looking at the urban subu .. The Star
2.5
Running With Scissors is mostly quirks. This adaptation of Augusten Burroughs questionable memoir tries hard to be edgy and different but it tries too .. Deseret News
4.0
Recounted with honesty and filled with dry humour, Running With Scissors is a gripping drama about a nightmare of a childhood that plays out like a mi .. Urban Cine File
2.5
Thu Hong Nguyen was sentenced Friday to 74 years in prison for murder and arson in the 2015 fire on Independence Boulevard that killed Kansas City fir .. Kansas City
3.8
Dr Finch (the always enjoyable Brian Cox), is one of the many eccentrically quirky characters in Ryan Murphys delightful adaptation of Augusten Burrou .. Big Picture Big Sound
5.0
Benning lost the Best Actress Oscar race twice to Hillary Swank, but The Black Dahlia is more likely to earn Swank a Razzie this year, so maybe this i .. Waffle Movies
4.3
With plenty of laughs, tears and solid performances, Running with Scissors should fulfill the needs of anyone looking for a different type of family c .. ComingSoon
3.8
Its one of the most clear headed and twistedly entertaining views of drug dependency and insanity Ive ever seen.Jostling on the crowded couch of analy .. Chron
0.5
Here is a film so loathsome, so pointless, and so painful to watch that I could only wince as it bounced from scene to scene (or more accurately, skit .. From The Balcony
2.0
This film is a perfect example of a movie whose parts are greater than its whole.There are many funny and emotionally devastating scenes sprinkled thr .. Movies Ign
4.0
Really, enough to send you for a stroll on the Golden Gate Bridge. Cine Passion
2.3
Running With Scissors is a schizophrenic film. It simply doesnt know what it wants to be %u2014 a witty and wacky satire, or a serious and heartfelt d .. Brandon Fibbs
3.3
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh .. Time Out Ny
3.5
You can take it with you, in other words, and what a pity that can be. The Reeler



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