The Frame

I must’ve paused this to go hang out elsewhere at least three times, out of pure exhaustion from sitting through it. I mean, it certainly isn’t the worst movie I’ve seen. But it’s interminable. The kid who plays Augusten Burroughs is actually pretty good, and there are enough wacky things going on that it should have been interesting. But it isn’t. The doctor’s family that Augusten goes to stay with while his mother has a nervous breakdown is supposed to be quirky-crazy but instead is just crazy-annoying; Annette Bening threatens to negate most of the great performances she’s given over the years as Augusten’s insane bitch of a mom; Augusten’s relationship with Joseph Fiennes is just creepy (although it also in a weird way seems like the most healthy thing in the film, which actually makes it MORE creepy); and did I mention interminable? It goes on forever and never gets anywhere. Evan Rachel Wood is a bright spot, but she can’t overcome everything else.
Below Average