Mommie Dearest (1981)
AKA: –
Directed by: Frank Perry
Starring: Faye Dunaway (Joan Crawford), Mara Hobel (young Christina), Diana Scarwid (Christina), Rutanya Alda (Carol Ann), Steve Forrest (Greg), Howard Da Silva (Mayer)
Country: United States
Language: English (Optional Eng Subs)
Runtime: 02:08:35
Genres: Based on a True Story, Domestic Abuse, Childhood, Misery-Depressing-Mental Illness, Family
Plot – Spoilers:
Based on the alleged experiences of Joan Crawford’s adopted daughter Christina.
When Christina was adopted, Joan’s career was in its latter half and despite a few flourishes including an Oscar, the stress of a waning career seemed to have worsened her obsessions with order and cleanliness. Christina claims to have bore the brunt of most of this obsessive behavior, though there have been conflicting versions from friends and family that dispute the extent of abuse.
So maybe this film is best watched as a work of non-fiction. A mother who was never able to shake off the belief that she did her daughter a favour by adopting her. A woman who was extremely vain, but also filled with self-loathing – every time something amazing that she craved happened in her life, she had a congenital need to find a way to ruin and fuck it up, with the target often being her slavish daughter.
Reminds me of MY mom. And a few exes… are all women cabable of this level of egotistical gaslighting? Ha ha of course not this is fiction.
I fuck my mother,little boys too
I love gay crybabies fuck you preteen faggots haha Steve got you good,Steve Steve did I mention how Steve got you good?
What did I tell you? You just wind these little cry babies up and they spam like crazy. Did your feelings get hurt you gay little cry baby? Awwwww
Great film. Anyone who had a lousy mom can relate.
This was a brilliant old movie!
God, this movie really made me nervous af, living with both abusive parents is a real nightmare.
Barbara please!
Moral of the story: life’s better without kids
I found this kinda odd.. as someone who was adopted, I found my mum acted in much the same manner. Not the extremes Joan went to, but everything always seemed like a competition. I always had to look and be my ultimate best. Weird. I now wonder if that is common in any way for adoptive mothers.
Now THAT is a Horror show!
Think that axe scene was thrown in for the fans of Straight Jacket?
Thank you EUM 🙂
wow wat a cunt of a person reminds me of the ex
needs a bullet lol
What a stellar performance given by Faye Dunaway!! Absolutely amazing!! There are moments in this film where she looks so much like Joan Crawford it’s down right scary. I’ve said this before, and I’m quite sure I’ll be saying it again, but there are no actors anywhere in the world that come anywhere near close to matching the talent some of these once-upon-a-time thespians possessed. They had to. There where no special effects and green screens to enhance their performances in anyway. It was all on their shoulders to make a good film a good film. Some certainly excelled while others simply filled a pair of shoes. Now before you get triggered, I’m not saying that the modern day actors lack talent. I’m saying modern day actors lack dimension. For instance, try to imagine Chris Evans as R.P. McMurphy in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Or a Kate Mara as Baby Jane Hudson in Whatever Happened To Baby Jane, (which oddly enough co-stars Joan Crawford and her eyebrows). It’s not that these later-day actors couldn’t pull it off… it’s that the lack the skills to complete the character the way the actors of the past did. In other words, their feet are way to small for that particular pair of Gucci’s. But what do I know? I’m just a brilliant psychiatrist who watches effed-up movies on my days off. AND, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU, ADMIN!!! Effed-up, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. I am a fan… Read more »
“…borne” not “bore “ the brunt. Just a little edit.
The acting is so fucking good damn almost made me wanna cry. Please keep uploading more classics like this.
The cover creeps me out, omg that face gives me the chills
That was incredible. Though I’m curious as to why the small child is being punished for the wire hanger incident. I’m sure she wasn’t the one who went out and bought them. I guess we’ll never know now.
NO. WIRE. HANGERS. EVERRRRRRRR!!!