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Glee is the Product of a Dead Culturenew

Glee is the worst thing to happen to music since Kids Incorporated, and Glee creator Ryan Murphy is a musical mother bird who consumes pop's best, spits it back up, and then tries to feed all of those regurgitated bits and pieces back to his starving chicks.
Charleston City Paper  |  Chris Haire  |  06-29-2011  |  TV

Freudulentnew

Running With Scissors is alive with great performances that can't redeem the wandering, hesitant creature that is this bizarre black comedy.
Eugene Weekly  |  Jason Blair  |  11-02-2006  |  Reviews

A Guide to Recognizing Your Shrinksnew

Augusten Burroughs' memoir of a messed-up childhood hits the big screen.
Westword  |  Rob Nelson  |  10-31-2006  |  Reviews

Off-Kilter Kinshipnew

This film depiction of Augusten Burroughs' hellish childhood is tonally fractured and features a series of performances that pitch and yaw between "normal" and utterly mad.
Austin Chronicle  |  Marc Savlov  |  10-27-2006  |  Reviews

Mommie Drearestnew

Running With Scissors proceeds as a series of skits, way too cool and ironic to be disturbing, no matter how aberrant the latest development.
Washington City Paper  |  Mark Jenkins  |  10-27-2006  |  Reviews

Very Loco Parentsnew

Running With Scissors is an unusual action showcase -- what it isn't is a subtle, insightful relation of a coming-of-age experience.
Artvoice  |  George Sax  |  10-27-2006  |  Reviews

Cut Offnew

This weird family drama lacks an emotional connection.
Montreal Mirror  |  Matthew Hays  |  10-26-2006  |  Reviews

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