Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family.
Acting
Annette Bening's unhinged poet mother — Oscar-nominated chaos
Production
That house. The wallpaper alone deserves its own credit
Direction
Ryan Murphy's debut: all the camp, none of the Glee
Director
Ryan Murphy
Joseph Cross
Augusten Burroughs
Annette Bening
Deirdre Burroughs
Brian Cox
Dr. Finch
Gwyneth Paltrow
Hope Finch
Joseph Fiennes
Neil Bookman
Evan Rachel Wood
Natalie Finch
Alec Baldwin
Norman Burroughs
Jill Clayburgh
Agnes Finch
Gabrielle Union
Dorothy
Patrick Wilson
Michael Shephard
Kristin Chenoweth
Fern Stewart
Dagmara Dominczyk
Suzanne
Colleen Camp
Joan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Augusten Burroughs sold the film rights for $600,000 — then bought a house with a pool shaped like the state of Massachusetts.
Burroughs' family sued for defamation; the case settled with the book's publisher adding 'some content has been disputed.' The movie kept the chaos anyway.
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