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Mommie Dearest 1981 123movies

Mommie Dearest 1981 123movies

The meanest mother of them allSep. 18, 1981128 Min.
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Watch: Mommie Dearest 1981 123movies, Full Movie Online – The relationship between Christina Crawford and her adoptive mother Joan Crawford is presented from Christina’s view. Unable to bear children, Joan, in 1940, was denied children through regular adoption agencies due to her twice divorced status and being a single working person. Her lover at the time, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lawyer Greg Savitt, was able to go through a brokerage to adopt a baby girl, who would be Christina, the first of Joan’s four adoptive children. Joan believes that her own difficult upbringing has made her a stronger person, and decides that, while providing the comforts that a successful Hollywood actress can afford, she will not coddle Christina or her other children, she treating Christina more as a competitor than a daughter. Joan’s treatment of Christina is often passive-aggressive, fueled both by the highs and lows of her career, the narcissism that goes along with being an actress, and alcohol abuse especially during the low times. However, Joan sees much of her actions toward Christina as Christina purposefully provoking her. Despite the physical and emotional abuse Joan hurls at Christina over the course of their relationship, Christina, who often wonders why Joan adopted her seeing as to the abuse, seemingly still wants her mother’s love right until the very bitter end..
Plot: Renowned actress Joan Crawford, at the height of her career, adopts two orphans – Christina and Christopher – to fill the lonely gap in her personal life. However, as her professional and romantic relationships sour, Joan’s already callous and abusive behavior towards Christina intensifies. Christina leaves home to pursue an acting path of her own, only to find her mother’s presence still overshadowing her.
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6.6/10 Votes: 16,648
48% | RottenTomatoes
55/100 | MetaCritic
N/A Votes: 163 Popularity: 10.11 | TMDB

Reviews:

Why would Faye deny this movie so? She’s great.
Alright, this might not be too obscure of a movie but when it came out it wasn’t well received and pretty much ignored causing it to have a huge cult following. The acting by Dunaway as Joan Crawford is so exaggerated that it seems unbelievable that it’s a biographical tale. More than Crawford’s story as an actress, this movie deals with the painful, abusive, and traumatic upbringing of her daughter Christina (she wrote the book that prompted the making of this movie). Some say Christina made a lot of it up to destroy her mother’s reputation but others say it might be quite accurate. Either way, Dunaway’s performance as the Screen Queen is uncanny. She embodies every quality of Crawford and watching the movie you forget that it’s not really Joan but Faye in the role. Sure, this movie won Razzie Awards and the producers even tried to capitalize with its failure by billing it “The worst mother of them all.” Dunaway even goes as far as telling interviewers beforehand that she will not talk about this movie. One can understand her seeing that she was campaigning for an Oscar nod and instead won the Razzie for worst actress but none of that matters because this movie is now seen as a great tragedy and you’ll definitely get lost in the story wondering if everything is true. Oh, and the scenes with Faye Dunaway and Mara Hobel, who plays young Christina Crawford, are amazing. It’s no wonder she won the Young Artist Award. Seriously, watch it. The “No more wire hangers” scene alone is enough to watch this great film.
Review By: alex54ruiz
Campy and kitsch soap opera with a exaggerated but unforgettable acting by Faye Dunaway
It is 1939, Joan Crawford (faye Dunaway) is one of Hollywood’s biggest stars and in the pantheon of fame . But she tells sweetheart lawyer Greg Savitt (Steve Forrest) that she isn’t happy living in her Brentwood mansion with just her devoted secretary Carol Ann (Rutanya Alda) and housekeeper Helga. Greg arranges for Joan to adopt a baby girl (grown-up is Diana Scarwid) , but then things go wrong . To my darling Christina, with love…Mommie Dearest. The meanest mother of them all…Meet the biggest Mother of them all!. The greatest role of her life…was her life. Faye Dunaway is Joan Crawford, a star…a legend…and a mother…The illusion of perfection. One thing is certain: You’ll never look at a wire hanger the same way again!

Movie based on Christina Crawford’s memoirs of her incredibly abusive and violent infancy at the hands of her adoptive mother , actress Joan Crawford . The tale is controversial and sometimes corny and trashy , but fairly well made nevertheless . However , it is also campy and the Crawford-Dunaway screech ‘No wire hangers ever !’ became so associated with Dunaway’s awesome acting that it was thought by some to have damaged the actress’s extraordinary career . Good intentions to redress the balance of a vengeful Christina against her bad mother adapting on a bestseller bio are in evidence aplenty , but how else than as a campy tale can you take Faye Dunaway’s waxwork Joan Crawford screeching for an axe , or throwing a scenary-chewing fit over her daughter’s use of wire coathangers in the wardrobe . Director Frank Perry doesn’t help with his credit sequence tease withholding our first glimpse of the stellar visage and his determination to pose Joan Crawford in geometrical symmetry with the lines of her spotless deco domestic mausoleum. The picture contains some biographic remarks : By the early 1940s, M. G. M run by Louis B. Mayer : Howard Da Silva , was no longer giving her plum roles ; newcomers had arrived in Hollywood, and the public wanted to see them. Crawford left MGM for rival Warner Bros, and in 1945 she landed the role of a lifetime : Mildred Pierce (1945) gave her an opportunity to show her range as an actress, and her interpretation as a woman driven to give her daughter everything garnered Crawford her first, and only, Academy Award for Best Actress .The following year she appeared with John Garfield in the well-received Humoresque (1946). In 1947, she acted as Louise Graham in Possessed (1947); again she was nominated for a Best Actress from the Academy. Mommie Dearest(1981) is surprisingly well played by Faye Dunaway , providing a sensationalistic and extreme acting . Being finely accompanied by a nice cast , such as : Diana Scarwid as her avengeful daughter , Steve Forrest , Howard Da Silva as Louis B. Mayer , Mara Hobel , Rutanya Alda , Jocelyn Brando , Priscilla Pointer, Michael Talbott , Xander Berkeley, among others .

It contains adequate and evocative musical score by stunning composer Henry Mancini . As well as colorful and appropriate cinematography by cameraman Paul Lohmann. The motion picture was professionally directed by Frank Perry , though it has some flaws , gaps and shortfalls. Frank Perry was an expert director and producer, known for David and Elisa (1962) , The Swimmer (1968) , Last summer (1969) , Trilogy (1969) , and this Mommie Dearest(1981) . Rating : 5.5/10. Passable and acceptable , being especially appointed to Faye Dunaway fans .

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Review By: ma-cortes

Other Information:

Original Title Mommie Dearest
Release Date 1981-09-18
Release Year 1981

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 9 min (129 min)
Budget 19032261
Revenue 5000000
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Biography, Drama
Director Frank Perry
Writer Christina Crawford, Frank Yablans, Frank Perry
Actors Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest
Country United States
Awards 9 wins & 11 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A


Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Lenses and Panaflex Camera by Panavision
Laboratory Metrocolor, Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm

Mommie Dearest 1981 123movies
Mommie Dearest 1981 123movies
Mommie Dearest 1981 123movies
Mommie Dearest 1981 123movies
Mommie Dearest 1981 123movies
Mommie Dearest 1981 123movies
Mommie Dearest 1981 123movies
Mommie Dearest 1981 123movies
Mommie Dearest 1981 123movies
Mommie Dearest 1981 123movies
Original title Mommie Dearest
TMDb Rating 6.4 163 votes

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