Mommie Dearest 1981

Janet Maslin, New York Times: There is nothing to string the episodes together into a coherent drama, and no insight into Miss Crawford herself. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Director Frank Perry, who collaborated with three others (including producer Frank Yablans) on the script, gives it all a certain crazed conviction. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: It's rich, stimulating thought in spite of itself. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I can't imagine who would want to subject themselves to this movie. Read more

Time Out: Really no dafter, perhaps, than some of Joanie's own Warner Bros melodramas; the trouble is, it thinks it's Art. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Dunaway does not chew scenery. Dunaway starts neatly at each corner of the set in every scene and swallows it whole, costars and all. Read more