Running with Scissors (2006)

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)

Director

Ryan Murphy

Synopsis

A teenage boy comes of age in the 1970's, sent by his neurotic, pretentious mother to live with a jolly, vulgar psychiatrist and his eccentric extended family.