![]() ![]() ![]() Best for teens who can understand the pathos here as well as the impressionistic world of memoirs-turned-film and Lifetime-style production. There is casual profanity ("bitch," "s-t") and one brief use of "f-k." Though it's a disturbing portrait of a Hollywood star's sad life behind the scenes and the abuse suffered by her children, who claim they were adopted as a publicity stunt, the dramatic production and over-the-top performances have earned the film a spot for its campy brilliance. It features casual smoking and drinking, excessive strictness and verbal abuse, slapping, screaming fights, obscenities, and a famous scene involving spectacular rage over the use of wire hangers. The relationship between Christina Crawford and her adoptive mother Joan Crawford is presented from Christina's view. Parents need to know that Mommie Dearest is a cult-classic adaptation of actress Joan Crawford's daughter's tell-all, published in 1978, exposing her mother as a self-absorbed narcissist, alcoholic, and abusive, cruel parent. Summaries The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted. ![]() ![]() Casual smoking and drinking throughout references to alcoholism daughter finds mother passed out, ostensibly drunk.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. ![]()
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