The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.
- Awards
- 9 wins & 11 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFaye Dunaway mentions in her autobiography that she screamed herself hoarse during the filming for the notorious wire hanger tantrum scene in this movie. She called Frank Sinatra for help, and he gave her some pointers on how to get her voice back into shape.
- GoofsWhen Joan Crawford substitutes for her daughter on a soap opera, producer of show gives her a pep talk during a commercial, indicating it was a live broadcast. In reality 'The Secret Storm' was taped and director later said Crawford's performance was so poor he had to patch it together in editing room. Although it was recorded, The Secret Storm was "live tape", meaning that it was treated as if it were a live broadcast. At the end of each act, the actors stopped for the exact length of the commercials and then resumed taping.
- Quotes
[addressing the men in the Pepsi boardroom]
Joan Crawford: Don't fuck with me fellas. This ain't my first time at the rodeo.
- Alternate versionsDue to the damage on the film's master, all current video/television prints are missing the dramatic music as Joan destroys her rose garden.
- SoundtracksI'm Sitting On Top Of The World
by Sam Lewis, Joe Young (as Young) & Ray Henderson (as Henderson)
Featured review
Awarrrarragh!!
Indisputable classic of the highest order, 'Mommie Dearest' just SCREAMS cult hit every chance it gets, and just about ruined Faye Dunaway's reputation in the process. Mind you, there's nothing WRONG with Dunaway's performance, as a matter of fact, it's really good, but what's so good about it is how she plays every scene with fearless abandon, whether it's the wirehanger scene, the departure from MGM or chokeslamming Christina through a glass table, Dunaway gives 100% percent! And you should too! The first half is MUCH more frenetic then the 2nd half (aka young Christina vs Old) and the first part has all the best bits, but not to say the 2nd part is good too, it really starts to mellow out and (gasp) you start to feel SOME compassion to the old broad. Diana Scarwid is good too, although her playing what looks to be a 13 year old girl looks a bit too much.
This wasn't my first time at this rodeo (I'd seen this before) and I enjoyed it as much as I had the first time!
This wasn't my first time at this rodeo (I'd seen this before) and I enjoyed it as much as I had the first time!
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- Spuzzlightyear
- Sep 24, 2004
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Meine liebe Rabenmutter
- Filming locations
- 355 S. Mapleton Drive, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(pool-area and rear of Joan Crawford's house, demolished)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $19,032,261
- Gross worldwide
- $19,034,156
- Runtime2 hours 9 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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