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Running with Scissors (2006) Movie vs Book
Film · 2006 · Directed by Ryan Murphy · Starring Annette Bening, Joseph Cross, Brian Cox
Running with Scissors (2006) Movie: Cast and Details
A boy is sent to live with his mother's unconventional therapist and his family.
Book vs Movie: How Close Is It?
Close to the bookIt keeps the memoir's main episodes in a more comic frame, and some of the facts of the book have been disputed.
Read or watch first?
Read the book for the author's voice. The film is a darkly comic version.
What the book gives you
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
A fast read that is both funny and disturbing. Some events are hard to read.
Who will like it: Readers who like dark, funny memoirs.