Running with Scissors

A great story and a stellar cast are gone to waste in this adaptation by writer and director Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tuck) whose mix of comedy and drama never adds up. The challenging material by Augusten Burroughs whose stranger than fiction life proves too much for Murphy too handle. The film should have been an outrageously dark comedy instead we get some drama and some comedy where one overwhelms the other. The fine cast tries their best but it's lost in the poor vision that's evident in entire film from the cinematography to editing and writing. It's a shame. YRCinema's coverage of films on DVD.