His witty observations make you wish you could go to the movies with him all the time, especially the bad ones. Watching Mommie Dearest: Hollywood Royalty Edition with John Waters’ commentary track is like seeing it with your sharpest, funniest friend, who just happens to have the inside dish on Melanie Griffith. – John Waters, commentary track, Mommie Dearest: Hollywood Royalty Edition There is no better movie than this kind of movie when you’re home on a Saturday afternoon… with a slight hangover. – Roger Ebert, review of Mommie Dearest (1981) But, you would be wrong.I can’t imagine who would want to subject themselves to this movie. With four writers (Frank Yablans, Frank Perry, Tracy Hotchner, and Robert Gotchell), you would think that there would be some decent dialogue somewhere in the script. Speaking of weird lines, the dialogue in this film is unbearably clunky and awkward. But, anybody watching the film can see that she over-acted and repeatedly delivered lines weirdly.
This obviously displeased Dunaway, as she felt that this role was it. It was no longer marketed as a serious drama but, instead, marketed much like Rocky Horror Picture Show. And this is what ultimately led to Paramount remarketing the film upon its release. So, what we end up seeing is Dunaway overacting the shit out of Joan Crawford. Unfortunately, director Frank Perry didn’t have enough experience on when to tell actors to “reel in” their performance. It’s very clear that she felt that the role of Joan Crawford would earn her an Academy Award.
Mommie Dearest stars Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford, a role that she would go down in cult film history for. The film was directed by Frank Perry, a man who definitely did not have enough experience with actors to helm this film. Mommie Dearest is a biographical drama based on the memoir of the same name written by Christina Crawford about her mother, the famed screen legend, Joan Crawford, and the troubling relationship that the mother and daughter pair had.
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