MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Substance Abuse, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2006 DVD Release: 02/06/2007 Format:Blu-ray - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 52 mins Studio:Sony Pictures Members Wishing: 7 Genres:Comedy Drama, Tragi-comedy, Coming-of-Age See Also:Running with Scissors [Widescreen]
DVD Synopsis
Screen newcomer Joseph Cross portrays Augusten Burroughs in director Ryan Murphy's film adaptation of author Burroughs' best-selling personal memoir of the same name. A child of the 1970s whose alcoholic father Norman (Alec Baldwin) and delusional, unpublished poet mother Deidre (Annette Benning) serve as the dictionary definition of the word "dysfunctional," Augusten is sent by his mother to live with her eccentric psychiatrist Dr. Finch (Brian Cox) when his disagreeable parents ultimately decide terminate their turbulent marriage. Suddenly thrust into an environment that is as unfamiliar as it is unpredictable, young Augusten forms a curious relationship with the doctor's two whimsical daughters while learning to adapt and survive under even the most unusual of circumstances. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide