What was the name of this bizarre movie I watched?

Question

I know it took place in the 70's. A teenage boy who was raised by his drunk mother...is dropped off that his mother's shrink house. The shrink's house is full of stranger people living there. One of the girls at the shrink's houlse thought the cat was going to die of some disease, so she kept the cat trapted under a laundry basket til he died of starvation. Later, she dug up the cat and cooked him. What was the name of this weird movie?

Answer 1

Running with Scissors... A far better book than movie

Answer 2

Plot summary for
Running with Scissors (2006)
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The story of how a boy was abandoned by his mother and how he, later, abandoned her. The year he'll be 14, the parents of Augusten Burroughs (1965- ) divorce, and his mother, who thinks of herself as a fine poet on the verge of fame, delivers him to the eccentric household of her psychiatrist, Dr. Finch. During that year, Augusten avoids school, keeps a journal, and practices cosmetology. His mother's mental illness worsens, he takes an older lover, he finds friendship with Finch's younger daughter, and he's the occasional recipient of gifts from an unlikely benefactor. Can he survive to come of age?

Answer 3

Running with Scissors. Read the book by Augusten Burroughs. It's a true story with a lot of dark humor.

Answer 4

Running with Scissors

Answer 5

It sounds like Running with Scissors but then again I have no idea.

Answer 6

running with scissors based on a true story and it was very strange to say the least.

Answer 7

Kit-Kat

Answer 8

Running wth Scissors. Please do yourself a favor and read the book. It's so much better than the movie!

Answer 9

Not sure, but it sounds interesting.

Answer 10

I don't know, but I need to see that!