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Freudulentnew
Running With Scissors is alive with great performances that can't redeem the wandering, hesitant creature that is this bizarre black comedy.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
11-02-2006 |
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Tags: Running With Scissors, Ryan Murphy
A Guide to Recognizing Your Shrinksnew
Augusten Burroughs' memoir of a messed-up childhood hits the big screen.
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Off-Kilter Kinshipnew
This film depiction of Augusten Burroughs' hellish childhood is tonally fractured and features a series of performances that pitch and yaw between "normal" and utterly mad.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-27-2006 |
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Tags: Running With Scissors, Ryan Murphy
Mommie Drearestnew
Running With Scissors proceeds as a series of skits, way too cool and ironic to be disturbing, no matter how aberrant the latest development.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-27-2006 |
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Tags: Running With Scissors, Ryan Murphy
Very Loco Parentsnew
Running With Scissors is an unusual action showcase -- what it isn't is a subtle, insightful relation of a coming-of-age experience.
Tags: Running With Scissors, Ryan Murphy
Cut Offnew
This weird family drama lacks an emotional connection.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-26-2006 |
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