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Preview Plot: A portrayal of the actress Joan Crawford as a screaming witch-mother who abuses her kids.

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  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 11, 2008
    GREAT MOVIE TO SEE ON MOTHERS DAY. MY MOM IS A BITCH. SHE WILL GET A MIDDLE FINGER FROM ME. FAYE DUNAWAY IS AWESOME THOUGH.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 3, 2008
    Mommies everywhere thought twice about correcting their children when this came out! NO WIRE HANGERS!
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 30, 2008
    when i saw this movie i liked it but i didnt like when she beat her with that brush that looked like it hurt
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 4, 2008
    Faye Dunaway stars as the very nasty and self centered child beater Joan Crawford. Very disturbing picture at times. Also stars Diana Scarwig, who plays the sheriff of Othertown on LOST.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 4, 2008
    Faye Dunaway becomes the tyrant Joan Crawford in this somewhat slanderous biopic. Look for great performances by both young actresses who played Christina.

    Fun fact: the actress who played the youngest version of Christina later went on to play neighbor Charlotte (Molly's older sister) on TV's Roseanne.

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  • ShaliniShaker
    I loved Faye Dunaway in this role. It was definitely a far cry from Bonnie and Clyde. I would never have guessed Joan Crawford was such a tyrant but then again this story was a little one sided from the view of the children. Not doubting there is truth I just felt the kids were not that innocent.
    posted 349 days ago
  • flixsterspinklady
    Joan Crawford: No... wire... hangers. What's wire hangers doing in this closet when I told you: no wire hangers EVER? I work and work 'till I'm half-dead, and I hear people saying, "She's getting old." And what do I get? A daughter... who cares as much about the beautiful dresses I give her... as she cares about me. What's wire hangers doing in this closet? Answer me. I buy you beautiful dresses, and you treat them like they were some dishrag. You do. Three hundred dollar dress on a wire hanger. We'll see how many you've got if they're hidden somewhere. We'll see... we'll see. Get out of that bed. All of this is coming out. Out. Out. Out. Out. Out. Out. You've got any more? We're gonna see how many wire hangers you've got in your closet. Wire hangers, why? Why? Christina, get out of that bed. Get out of that bed. You live in the most beautiful house in Brentwood and you don't care if your clothes are stretched out from wire hangers. And your room looks like some two-dollar-a-week furnished room in some two-bit back street town in Okalahoma. Get up. Get up. Clean up this mess.
    posted 442 days ago

Details

  • Rated: (PG)
  • Directed by: Frank Perry
  • Genres: Drama
  • Released: September 18, 1981
  • DVD Released: July 17, 2001

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