When I first saw this movie, I was about 19 or so and thought to myself, OKAY, mother has MAJOR issues, a dash of OCD and was a real b**ch. During the movie, I got confused... I mean, who in their right mind goes through a person's closet, then screams at the top of their lungs at sleeping children "NO WIRE HANGERS" ???! Am I missing something? At first, I thought it was funny and then after watching the movie further, saw it was a bit more serious and although certain scenes had some drama it was mixed with tongue-in-cheek humor.
Waking children up in the middle of the night to help her fired mother chop roses and trees was a bit on the funny, oddball side.
I do remember hearing that this movie is not fact based. Christina tells how she was treated, but the other kids that Joan adopted tell a totally opposite tale.
What I don't understand is at the end during the will reading, the lawyer said that there were "no provisions" made for Christina or Christopher. Now, Christina, I understand and as will you if you watch the film; but why penalize Christopher? He didn't do anything in the movie to suggest that he was a "bad boy." In closing, some scenes were very funny, some satirically funny and some were plain old-fashioned drama. I'd rate this a cult classic comedy/drama.
Only thing that was just a wee bit off was Mr. Mayer's portrayal in the movie, his accent was wrong (Look at L.B. Mayer's real place of birth) and you will understand my remark.
Waking children up in the middle of the night to help her fired mother chop roses and trees was a bit on the funny, oddball side.
I do remember hearing that this movie is not fact based. Christina tells how she was treated, but the other kids that Joan adopted tell a totally opposite tale.
What I don't understand is at the end during the will reading, the lawyer said that there were "no provisions" made for Christina or Christopher. Now, Christina, I understand and as will you if you watch the film; but why penalize Christopher? He didn't do anything in the movie to suggest that he was a "bad boy." In closing, some scenes were very funny, some satirically funny and some were plain old-fashioned drama. I'd rate this a cult classic comedy/drama.
Only thing that was just a wee bit off was Mr. Mayer's portrayal in the movie, his accent was wrong (Look at L.B. Mayer's real place of birth) and you will understand my remark.