Running with Scissors

• Drama
• Comedy

A darkly comedic and unsettling coming-of-age story, *Running with Scissors* plunges into the unconventional upbringing of a boy adrift between fractured parental figures and the eccentric household of his mother’s psychiatrist. Rather than a traditional family dynamic, the film portrays a chaotic landscape of free-spirited individuals, questionable therapies, and a pervasive sense of neglected emotional needs. The narrative avoids easy judgment, presenting a portrait of individuals navigating dysfunction with a bizarre, often darkly humorous resilience, exploring the unsettling search for belonging in the absence of stable affection. It’s a film where adolescent curiosity isn’t met with guidance, but instead with a window into a world operating by entirely different rules, leaving a lingering, strangely poignant reflection on the meaning of nurture.