AN ONLINE JOURNAL_ by Clake and Klake FRIENDS: Aeryk and K, Berta, Bill, Bret and Claudia, Celeb Reporter, CleverDad, Cobalt Kitchen, Jeremiah, Jess, Joe, JKSquared, Karl, Kristine/Jay, Luke, Malt Madness, Mo' Complaints, Rachel, Surf Report, UFO Clearinghouse MORE: Randy the Cat , Links (del.icio.us), Clake's Recent Books (del.icio.us) Monday, March 19, 2007 Review in Brief: Running With Scissors (2006) posted by clake at 4:22 PM Synopsis: A middle-school-aged young man played by an actor who looks like a college sophomore has to live with his mother's therapist after his parents split up and his mom takes up anti-depressants and delusions of grandeur full-time. What I thought: This was a fairly entertaining movie. The previews made it look like more of a light-hearted family comedy-drama. This film is "based on a memoir", and it definately has that heavy slathering of self-pity and "can you believe this really happened to me holy crap oh my god" that we've all come to expect from the memoir genre. I was able to sit through it without getting bored and I had a few laughs, but also I will never in my life utter the words, "What? You've never seen Running With Scissors?" Best line: "What are you doing in my masturbatorium?!" Something that movies should stop doing: I'm talking about being two hours long. Plenty of movies have good reason for needing more time to sell a story, but that should be the exception instead of the rule. Sometimes I feel like Netflix should get rid of the "Drama" genre category and replace it with "2+ Hours". Comments: Post a Comment [MAIN PAGE] [SITE FEED] PREVIOUS POSTS: 'S Knees 1043 Spams! Don't Take My Internet Radio RTC I just sent a letter - You can read it too! Review: City of Death Caprica 6 Precip. Severe WX? Krull ARCHIVES: April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 August 2009 March 2010 July 2010 August 2010 January 2011 September 2011 January 2012 February 2012