

Mommie Dearest
Faye Dunaway is Joan Crawford. A star...a legend...and a mother...the illusion of perfection.
Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5M
- Box office
- $19M
- Language
- English
- child abuse
- adoption
- biography
- sociopath
- lawyer
- hollywood
- mansion
- docudrama
- campy
- perfection
- mother daughter estrangement
- adopted child
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)16 Sept 1981
- TheatricalPGOriginally rated R18 Sept 1981
- Physical1 Jun 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical127 May 1982
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1524 Jan 1982
NorwayNO
- Theatrical (limited)1516 Sept 1981
SlovakiaSK
- TV12Markíza22 Jun 1997
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1516 Sept 1981
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Mommie Dearest was released on 16 September 1981.
Audience reviews
1- W8/10
Wuchak
10/3/2021
_**Surprisingly good, sometimes great, and more balanced than its reputation**_ The life of Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) is detailed from 1939, when her career was on a downswing, to her death in 1977, focusing on her rivalrous relationship with her adopted daughter Christina (Mara Hobel & Diana Scarwid). “Mommie Dearest” (1981) is a ‘controversial’ drama because it dares to reveal the hidden truth about a me…
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