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It’s interesting that you picked Mommy Dearest because literally NOBODY agrees with anything Christina wrote in that. Including her sister whose abuse was supposedly chronicled in the book.

Pretty awesome movie though. I don’t anybody did unhinged as well as Faye. Ruined her career.

I haven't read the book "Mommie Dearest", either. Supposedly, even though the film closely adheres to Christina Crawford's source material, Christina herself watched the film premiere and squirmed in her seat uncomfortably, saying "My God, they turned it INTO a Joan Crawford movie!"

The film version would probably be forgotten as some sleazy "tell all" TV movie if it weren't for Faye Dunaway's insane performance. She was Joan Crawford on steroids.

Same thing with Glenn Close playing J.D.'s grandma. Half her lines in that movie are b@t$hit crazy, and her delivery makes it even more over the top.

I'm not sure what J.D. Vance thought of Ron Howard's take on his memoirs, but IMO Howard took a mediocre "rags to riches, escape from trailer park poverty" memoir and cranked it up to 11.