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Written by Dave Anderson   
Wednesday, 28 June 2006


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Mommie Dearest - Hollywood Royalty Edition

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Content Grade: C+
Sound Grade: A
Picture Grade: A

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This lurid, mean-spirited & grueling adaptation of Christina Crawford's spiteful book about her mother (film legend Joan Crawford) is a camp classic, thanks mostly to Faye Dunaway's scenery-gnashing performance, who literally & figuratively disappears into the role (despite her histrionics, we feel like we're watching Joan herself take to her daughter with a wire hanger). Paramount wisely plays up the movie's camp value with this DVD, featuring an amusing commentary by cult filmmaker John Waters (who actually makes the movie a lot more fun to sit through), as well as some interesting behind-the-scenes featurettes and a segment on the movie's cult following. For fans of whacked-out Hollywood excess, this disc is indispensable. For others, the film might be the ultimate endurance test. Cool cover, though. From Paramount.

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