Mommie Dearest, directed by Frank Perry and starring
Faye Dunaway and Diana Scarwid, is a chilling and disturbing film. The audience is shown how a much loved and
admired actress Joan Crawford was so cruel and horrifying behind the
scenes. First written as a novel by adopted
daughter of Joan Crawford, then turned motion picture, the movie Mommie Dearest depicts Joan Crawford in
an ugly light, illustrating how the movie star abuses her daughter Christina
mentally and physically throughout her life.
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Before seeing this movie, it was easy to see Joan Crawford as a charming and poised actress through her acting. From the movies I had previously seen of hers like What ever Happened to Baby Jane and Dance, Fools, Dance, I was painted a different picture of the actress then what I was given in Mommie Dearest. There wasn’t a moment in the moving that I was not surprised at how intense and dysfunctional the home environment was for the children of Joan Crawford. Intense all the way through, the movie never turned to a peaceful note. Not once did I find myself feeling sorry for Joan Crawford; instead, I felt a taste of hatred that replaced the feeling of admiration I had once felt. Faye Dunaway delivered an impeccable performance. Horrid yet believable, Faye Dunaway showed how versatile she can be as an actress from playing in Bonnie and Clyde to Network to this new performance. Truly mesmerizing, everyone should see a once upon Hollywood queen be seen as the “dearest mommie” ever to be and the scariest mother to be seen since the movie Carrie.
Nicely put ;)
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