Drew Barrymore, Jessica Lange, Justin Louis
Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Kennedy (both named Edith Bouvier Beale aka "Big and Little Edie") raised as Park Avenue débutantes but who withdrew from New...( read more
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July 21, 2009A film version of a my favorite documentary? Needless to say I had my doubts.
But what is obvious within minutes of starting this film, is that it was made with love and a deep desire to do justice to these two incredible women (the Edies).
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May 15, 2009"True glamour never fades"
Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis (both named Edith Bouvier Beale aka "Big and Little Edie") raised as Park Avenue débutantes but who withdrew from New York society, taking shelter at their Long...( read more) -
April 25, 2009Grey Gardens from HBO starring the lovely Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore is a very good quality film. One has to remember that this film is based on real people. Grey Gardens was orginally a documentary with the actual people and then turned into a musical and now a motion pict...( read more)
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November 15, 2009LOVED this movie. Drew Barrymore has never been this good. I think she has to win an Emmy this year. The sets are perfection and the movie flows through time with no confusion.
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August 8, 2009Edie Bouvier Beale was an aunt to the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and a member of New York's elite society in the early 1900's through the depression.era. "Little" Edie is her daughter/namesake-a colorfully deluded yet charming young woman in the 1930's who frowns upon her de...( read more)
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November 9, 2009I definitely found the fictionalized version to much more worthwhile. I think making it this way with the background helps me to understand a little bit more about why the documentaries were made. I still find these poor women to be horrible subject matter, but I liked the story ...( read more)
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November 8, 2009Drew Barrymore is adorable and always fun to watch, but who knew she could actually act? Fascinating stuff. Anything involving the Kennedys usually is.
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October 22, 2009Powerfully acted, especially by Drew Barrymore and Jeanne Tripplehorn. It is a skillfully made film, good art direction and costumes, but I fould it tended to drag a bit. The performances and the fascinating story made up for it.
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October 14, 2009Unexpectedly good performance by Drew Barrymore, but I just don't know about the whole thing here. I believe this movie gives closure to a great documentary. I don't believe in one instance some of the scenarios interpreted, one of those being the conversation at the end when Alb...( read more)
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