Review of Running with Scissors (2006) by Lauren B — 14 Jun 2008

This is one of my new favorite movies, probably second to garden state.

This review of Running with Scissors (2006) was written by Lauren B on 14 June 2008.

Running with Scissors has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Running with Scissors

Review of Running with Scissors (2006)

By Tatsuhito K (750) on 24 Mar 2013

Is it a two-hour advertisement video for some cigarette companies? Because people in this movie are constantly smoking…

Read Review

Review of Running with Scissors (2006)

By L P (71) on 06 Feb 2013

I read the book first and thought it was disturbing but pretty good. I was looking forward to this movie and was pretty let down…

Read Review

Review of Running with Scissors (2006)

By Josh H (1,272) on 19 Sep 2016

I find it hard to believe that any of this shit actually happened…

Read Review

Review of Running with Scissors (2006)

By Marisa M (54) on 22 Mar 2014

Different/Weird/Could have been better/Did not like…

Read Review

Review of Running with Scissors (2006)

By Steven R (399) on 01 Nov 2013

One of the best films of 2007. It's more than obvious that the critics didn't get it, didn't want to, and didn't care…

Read Review

Review of Running with Scissors (2006)

By Jessica H (1,882) on 27 Jul 2012

The character are a mess, the story is over the top, but if you can get into it, you'll be hooked by these things…

Read Review

Review of Running with Scissors (2006)

By Kristen R (165) on 05 Nov 2012

I read the book and loved it! And I finally seen the movie and I LOVED IT!!! It was just as good as I was hoping for…

Read Review

Review of Running with Scissors (2006)

By Jamie I (192) on 25 Jun 2016

Think your family is dysfunctional? Not even close to this one. Apparently the family is suing Augustan Burroughs for slander…

Read Review

Review of Running with Scissors (2006)

By Rob Nelson (320) for Village Voice (8,525) on 22 Nov 2015

Like the book, this deadpan celebration of neurosis makes a valiant effort to repress its comedy--which of course makes it funnier…

Read Review

Review of Running with Scissors (2006)

By Frank Scheck (1,741) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 28 Jan 2013

Too outlandish to be fully convincing, this adaptation of the best-selling memoir sacrifices subtlety for broad laughs…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of To Die For (1995)

By Mikeg (47) on 23 Oct 2005

A dud. It's a TV movie of the week with a big budget, big stars and larger sets…

Read Review

Review of Fat Girl (2001)

By Kevin N. Laforest (610) for Montreal Film Journal (589) on 09 Sep 2002

Don't encourage Breillat by watching her self-indulgent, utterly unenjoyable and shallow little exposé…

Read Review

Review of Dances with Wolves (1990)

By Francis F (48) on 07 Mar 2017

Boring as can be. Costner sleepwalks throughout this picture…

Read Review

Review of The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

By Diego T (537) on 13 Jan 2012

Maybe it's because movies were just becoming a national phenomenon, but the acting in this movie stank…

Read Review

Review of The Hours (2002)

By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for Las Vegas Mercury (83) on 22 Mar 2005

In a sublime collaboration, David Hare and Stephen Daldry have created a delicate atmosphere of inchoate sadness…

Read Review

Review of Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy (2013)

By Rachel D (245) on 18 Aug 2014

The depiction of this film of the igorot/aeta girl was a crass choice by the producers. It was insensitive and cruel, much like Filipino humor…

Read Review

Review of Bread and Tulips (2000)

By Katie C (368) on 28 Apr 2004

Here we'll contrast two movies on the same topic: self-actualization, that is, the feeling of fulfilling all of one's potential and…

Read Review

Review of The Horse Whisperer (1998)

By Broyax (884) on 18 Sep 2018

C'est Papy Redford (eh oui, déjà Papy à l'époque) mauvais acteur de son état qui fait aussi des films de temps en temps…

Read Review

Review of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

By Crazerg (1) on 13 Dec 2019

This and the book have the same problem and it hurts me to see so many like this movie…

Read Review

Review of Transamerica (2005)

By Stewpie_Miggers (9) on 30 Jul 2023

Another film about a ped0 who's obsessed w/ being different for the sake of being different because it's the new cool thing to do…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews