The 1981 film Mommie Dearest—with Faye Dunaway as abusive glamour goddess and terrible mother Joan Crawford—was supposed to be a prestige film, but it ended up becoming a derided camp classic ...

The relationship between Christina Crawford and her adoptive mother Joan ... along with being an actress, and alcohol abuse especially during the low times. However, Joan sees much of her actions ...

A few years after Crawford's demise, Dunaway was starring as Joan in her adopted daughter Christina's exposé of life with mommie dearest. It is a cruel film, which shows scant regard for the good ...