- Annette Bening is the stand-out highlight in this dysfunctional "family" comedy based on the bestselling memoir by Augusten Burroughs. Although fans of the book may be slightly disappointed with the film's uneven and somewhat campy rendition of Burroughs' twisted adolescence in the 1970s, there's plenty of pleasure to be found in the work of an excellent cast led by Bening, who gives a subtle dare-to-hate-me performance as Burroughs' mother Diedre, a would-be poet who's so aloof about her teenage son Augusten (played by fresh-faced newcomer Joseph Cross, from
- Languages: English, Czech, Hungarian, Polish
- Subtitles: English, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Icelandic, Romanian, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish
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