- Joseph Cross ("Strangers With Candy) is our teenaged hero, struggling for an ordinary life "with Hamburger Helper...";
- Annette Benning ("The Women") is spectacularly good as his unstable mother (she was nominated for a Golden Globe for this role);
- Brian Cox ("Zodiac") is her Machiavellian therapist;
- Jill Clayburgh (LOTS of TV) is his wife with no dreams of her own;
- Alec Baldwin ("My Sister's Keeper") is Burroughs' alcoholic father;
- Evan Rachel Wood ("Whatever Works") is one of his adopted siblings;
- Joseph Fiennes ("Shakespeare in Love") is another adopted sibling;
- Gwyneth Paltrow ("Iron Man") is yet another....
Suffice it to say, truth is far stranger than fiction and Burroughs was clearly delighted to find writer/director Ryan Murphy ("Nip/Tuck" and "Glee") to help bring his bizarre upbringing to the screen. The consistent quality of the performances tells me that Murphy is a fine, fine director.
My thanks to the Swedish branch of JayFlix for bringing this gem to my attention.
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