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When her adoptive mother Joan Crawford died in 1977, erstwhile actress/author Christina Crawford and her brother Christopher were left out of Joan Crawford's will, for reasons which are well known to them. Industryites have suggested that it may have been this posthumous act of rejection rather than an alleged lifetime of .. Read more

Starring	Faye Dunaway, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva, Diana Scarwid
Director	Frank Perry
Genres	Drama

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- Good intentions to redress the balance of Christina Crawford's vengeful mother-fucker of a bestseller bio are in... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16
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- - 7
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  I am not mad about you...I am mad about the dirt!
  
  To the point : Hollywood thought the film Mommie Dearest might embellish Joan's reputation, but after seeing the film I have more respect for this legendary... read more »
  
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  - www.tanphotos.co.uk/joan.htm
  - London UK
  - 21 Jul 2007 at 11:20
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  Mommy Dearest
  
  The best! It all makes sense. Mommy Dearest is very very sad, and in real life you get a lot of Joan Craffords. Being adopted is like not really being a real ... read more »
  
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  - 02 Jul 2011 at 18:46
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  Mommie Dearest
  
  This film for me was one of the most saddest that I have ever watched, very good acting by Faye Dunaway and Diana Scarwid, to be honest I felt very sorry for ... read more »
  
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  - 07 Jun 2011 at 17:46
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  PRIVATE VICES; PUBLIC VIRTUES
  
  Like all unwanted children who never find themselves as adults, the when Joan Crawford presented here is a perfectionist who craves attention and, when she ... read more »
  
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  - TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ENGLAND
  - 04 Dec 2010 at 13:37
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  CHRIS - TINA !!! GET ME THE AXE !!!
  
  FABULOUS !!!
  
  This Joan Crawford biography, written by her eldest adopted daughter Christina, is certainly one for a cold, wet, windy afternoon ... read more »
  
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  - Wigan
  - 20 Oct 2010 at 18:45
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  Mommie Dearest
  
  A most entertaining film. We all knew she was a bitch and Faye Dunaway plays her to perfection. Entertaining in a good old fashioned way.
  
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- - kender
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  - Holmfirth
  - 03 Jun 2010 at 18:43
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  Mommie dearest
  
  I read her daughter, Christina's autobiography of her life with her mother when i was a teenager, and, yes, Joan Crawford is every bit as crazy as I ... read more »
  
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- - daisymaisy
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  - Tonbridge
  - 29 Apr 2010 at 09:15
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  One side of the Joan Crawford story
  
  I enjoyed watching this film (not having any previous knowledge about Joan Crawford), but realised that it is one side of the story. I'm absolutely ... read more »
  
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  - Morecambe, England
  - 01 Feb 2009 at 19:29
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  mommie dearest
  
  great performances by Deneuve and the daughter. What a tragic woman Crawford was if this is anywhere near the truth.
  
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  - Larne
  - 24 Apr 2008 at 22:42
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  Madness takes control........
  
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  I was prepared to feel sorry for Joan Crawford, once her adopted daughter released the details of her upbringing and the control her mother had over her... but... read more »
  
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- - Marc Sinclair
  - Brighton UK
  - 21 Oct 2007 at 16:23
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  I am not mad about you...I am mad about the dirt!
  
  To the point : Hollywood thought the film Mommie Dearest might embellish Joan's reputation, but after seeing the film I have more respect for this legendary... read more »
  
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- - www.tanphotos.co.uk/joan.htm
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  - 21 Jul 2007 at 11:20
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- - 7
  - 2
  I am not mad about you...I am mad about the dirt!
  
  To the point : Hollywood thought the film Mommie Dearest might embellish Joan's reputation, but after seeing the film I have more respect for this legendary... read more »
  
  Report this review
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  - www.tanphotos.co.uk/joan.htm
  - London UK
  - 21 Jul 2007 at 11:20
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  Too Much and Not Enough...
  
  This mostly flat, movie-of-the-week style Biopic of celebrated Movie Goddess Joan Crawford famously showcases some unforgettably ludicrous and uncomfortable ... read more »
  
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- - Noise-Unit
  - London, England
  - 11 Aug 2004 at 00:49
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  If anything, I love crawford ever more!
  
  Having heard the hype and knowing the story, I finally got around to watching this movie. I had already made up my mind that nothing I would see could make me ... read more »
  
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- - Andi
  - Glasgow, Scotland
  - 25 Aug 2004 at 10:33
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  Interesting, but not a good testimony to Joan's memory
  
  I have a problem with this film, simply because I am a huge fan of Joan Crawford the movie star. Unfortunately, Joan Crawford the mother doesn't have the ... read more »
  
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- - Jon
  - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
  - 24 Aug 2005 at 10:53
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  PRIVATE VICES; PUBLIC VIRTUES
  
  Like all unwanted children who never find themselves as adults, the when Joan Crawford presented here is a perfectionist who craves attention and, when she ... read more »
  
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  - TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ENGLAND
  - 04 Dec 2010 at 13:37
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  No wire coat hangers EVER!!!!
  
  This high camp movie adaption of Christina Crawford's expose on the abuse she suffered at the hands of her adoptive mother Joan never fails to entertain. ... read more »
  
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- - Tom Urie
  - Scotland
  - 23 Jul 2004 at 10:49
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  mommie fantastic
  
  This is a fantastic film ,thank god it is now on dvd. It tells the story of hollywood legend joan crawfords battle with life love her children and drink.It is ... read more »
  
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  - lothian
  - 05 Sep 2006 at 11:25
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  good sunday afternoon film
  
  its an okay watch in a sort of made for tv way
  
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  - west lothian
  - 18 Apr 2007 at 12:44
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  Madness takes control........
  
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  I was prepared to feel sorry for Joan Crawford, once her adopted daughter released the details of her upbringing and the control her mother had over her... but... read more »
  
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- - Marc Sinclair
  - Brighton UK
  - 21 Oct 2007 at 16:23
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  mommie dearest
  
  great performances by Deneuve and the daughter. What a tragic woman Crawford was if this is anywhere near the truth.
  
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  - Larne
  - 24 Apr 2008 at 22:42

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  When her adoptive mother Joan Crawford died in 1977, erstwhile actress/author Christina Crawford and her brother Christopher were left out of Joan Crawford's will, for reasons which are well known to them. Industryites have suggested that it may have been this posthumous act of rejection rather ...