Screen newcomer Joe Cross portrays Augusten Burroughs in director Ryan
Murphy's film adaptation of author Burroughs' best-selling personal memoir of
the same name. A child of the 1970s whose alcoholic father Norman (Alec Baldwin)
and delusional, unpublished poet mother Deidre (Annette Benning) serve as the
dictionary definition of the word "dysfunctional," Augusten is sent by his
mother to live with her eccentric psychiatrist Dr. Finch (Brian Cox) when his
parents ultimately decide terminate their turbulent marriage. Suddenly thrust
into an environment that is as unfamiliar as it is unpredictable, young Augusten
forms a curious relationship with the doctor's two whimsical daughters while
learning to adapt and survive under even the most unusual of circumstances. ~
Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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