Mommie Dearest

Movie • 1981 • Drama  

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In this biographical film, glamorous yet lonely star Joan Crawford takes in two orphans, and at first their unconventional family seems happy. But after Joan's attempts at romantic fulfillment go sour and she is fired from her contract with MGM studios, her callous and abusive behavior towards her daughter Christina becomes even more pronounced. Christina leaves home and takes her first acting role, only to find her mother's presence still overshadowing her.
This movie contains 13 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Unanswered Triggers
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
One scene makes reference to MGM’s infamous practice of offering starlets to “entertain” bankers in exchange for investing in the studio
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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Joan repeatedly physically abuses Christina and even chokes her at one point. An argument between Joan and “Uncle Greg” gets physical
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
The entire movie is about Joan Crawford's (alleged) emotional, verbal and physical abuse of her daughter Christina. This abuse is portrayed in brutal, unflinching detail. It is very unpleasant to watch
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Joan is frequently drunk
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Are animals abused?
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lecockege
around 51:48 there's a close up of a stake
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Bodily Harm
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
In one of the film’s most disturbing scenes, Joan cuts off her daughter’s hair in a fit of rage
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When Joan chokes Christina
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Joan dies at the end
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ChrisSunHwa
Technically, many of the "orphans" were taken without the consent of their parents, but this is not mentioned in the film.
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
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Are there jump scares?
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Joan and “Uncle Greg” share a shower together
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Are there clowns?
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A (harmless) clown appears at a child’s birthday party
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Joan is drunk about an hour 24 minutes in, but she mostly talks and stumbles as she’s being helped out of the room. Completely safe!
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Does someone spit?
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thaywth
Sounds of hitting a child may be intense for some
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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thaywth
Mother is overly fixated on her beauty and fame, which trickles down to her daughter
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pregnancy
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Crawford mentions miscarrying
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Christopher and Christina are left out of their mother’s will
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
One scene shows Joan covered with bloody cuts
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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