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    Mommie Dearest

    PG1981 · Drama · 2h 9m

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  1. Mommie Dearest is a 1981 American biographical psychological drama film directed by Frank Perry and starring Faye Dunaway, Steve Forrest, Mara Hobel, and Diana Scarwid, with supporting performances from Xander Berkeley in his feature film debut along with Rutanya Alda and Jocelyn Brando.

  2. A film based on the book by Joan Crawford's adopted daughter Christina, depicting the abusive and traumatic upbringing she endured at the hands of her famous mother. The film shows Joan's obsessive perfectionism, alcoholism, and cruelty, as well as Christina's rebellion and struggle to survive.

  3. Roger Ebert pans the movie adaptation of Christina Crawford's memoir about her abusive mother, Joan Crawford. He finds it unremittingly depressing, sensationalist, and lacking in drama or insight.

  4. “Mommie Dearest” (1981) is a ‘controversial’ drama because it dares to reveal the hidden truth about a member of Hollywood royalty, at least according to her first two adopted kids, Christina and Christopher, who have stuck to their guns in the decades since.

  5. Jul 30, 2016 · Based on Christina Crawford's scandalous tell-all memoir, Mommie Dearest paints a portrait of a Joan Crawford the public never knew. The film portrays Crawford as a wicked, abusive mother who...

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  7. Watch the 1981 drama based on the memoir of Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of Hollywood star Joan Crawford. The movie reveals the dark side of the public Crawford, who was desperate to be a mother and struggled in the movie industry.

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