Running with Scissors
TriStar Pictures | Release Date: October 20, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
18
Negative:
3
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PremiereGlenn Kenny
For the most part, Murphy is pitching somewhere between "American Beauty" and "The Royal Tenenbaums"; indeed, the characters Bening and Gwyneth Paltrow play in Scissors are, in a sense, inversions of their roles in Beauty and Tenenbaums, respectively. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Murphy seems either incapable of or uninterested in creating a recognizable world, so local comic effects count for everything. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Laughing at the freaks and then feeling bad about it is the sole reason for the existence of this pale little film. Read full review
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