Originally Posted by seethelight

it kind of felt forced, like too odd or weird. it tries too hard to be this weird suburban family comedy a'la american beauty. and some scenes were awful. annette bening started to annoy me. evan rachel wood was beautiful but her character too felt forced, when she cries on the phone and stuff. gwyneth was wasted. only jill clayburg affected me slightly. and i didn't like that the gay scenes were too tame, as if the actors were scared of doing stuff. but it was okay, i guess. it reminded me of this film called white oleander, which i preferred.

Originally Posted by seethelight

it kind of felt forced, like too odd or weird. it tries too hard to be this weird suburban family comedy a'la american beauty. and some scenes were awful. annette bening started to annoy me. evan rachel wood was beautiful but her character too felt forced, when she cries on the phone and stuff. gwyneth was wasted. only jill clayburg affected me slightly. and i didn't like that the gay scenes were too tame, as if the actors were scared of doing stuff. but it was okay, i guess. it reminded me of this film called white oleander, which i preferred.

Originally Posted by cricket

It should sound forced, since it frickin' WAS.

Here is an article from the January issue of Vanity Fair that I thought was very interesting regarding the credibility of Running With Scissors: Ruthless with Scissors: Fame & Scandal: vanityfair.com

And quite frankly, anyone who changes their name from "Chris" to "Augusten" when they get published can kiss my ass.