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Running with Scissors (2006) Movie Reviews
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Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
It would be easy and almost a bit careless to say the dysfunctional family from Running with Scissors ranks somewhere between the Tenenbaums and the Mansons in terms of sheer cinematic battiness; or that it’s another American Beauty-esque look at the...read the complete Running with Scissors (2006) review at Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
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Comingsoon.net
Insanely funny and strangely moving, the oddball family in this darkly cynical comedy makes "The Royal Tenenbaums" seem normal.
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The Hollywood Reporter (Frank Scheck)
Too outlandish to be fully convincing, this adaptation of the best-selling memoir sacrifices subtlety for broad laughs....read the complete Running with Scissors (2006) review at The Hollywood Reporter (Frank Scheck)
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Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Murphy seems either incapable of or uninterested in creating a recognizable world, so local comic effects count for everything....read the complete Running with Scissors (2006) review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
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filethirteen.com
An open sore of a film, "Running with Scissors" oozes with everything from blood, sweat, puss and cum, until it attempts to heal at its contrived, unoriginal ending. For fans of the Augusten Burroughs' memoir, which bares the same name as this film...read the complete Running with Scissors (2006) review at filethirteen.com
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