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In 1972, the neatness-obsessed but sharply observant 6-year-old Augusten finds himself trapped between his troubled parents: his mother Deirdre, an unpublished--not to mention unstable--confessional poet with delusions of being hugely famous; and his father Norman, an alcoholic math professor who long ago gave up trying to solve the riddle of his wife's problems or his son's precocious behavior. When... See Full Description
| Genres: |
Drama and Adaptation |
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| Running Time: |
120 min. |
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| Release Date: |
October 20th, 2006 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for strong language and elements of sexuality, violence and substance abuse. |
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| Distributors: |
TriStar Pictures
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$6,754,898 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
C
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
"Running on empty." more...
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D+ |
Boston Globe, Ty Burr
"...reasonably faithful, occasionally affecting..." more...
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B- |
Chicago Sun-Times, Richard Roeper
"...relentlessly irritating..." more...
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D |
Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips
"Adapter-director Ryan Murphy...is after a complicated blend of comic tones, but the results are softer than pudding." more...
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D |
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