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No matter how many times I watch this movie...

posted 8 years ago by coupleofflakes2
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...I still don't understand how anybody could find it funny or campy. I've tried to find the humour in it, but I just can't. And I have a dark sense of humour.

It's a movie about a child being abused by her mother. I don't care how bad Faye Dunaway's acting is, I'm just failing to see the humour in it.

I'm not saying I dislike the movie. I just see it as a sad film about a mentally ill woman physically and mentally abusing a small child. My heart always aches for Christina.

[–] I_Love_Hutch 8 years ago

Oh my god, I was totally hoping you were going to say "No matter how many times I watch this movie.,, I NEVER GET TIRED OF MAKING FUN OF IT!" - Michelle Weinberger, blonde genius.

"Yes, tubing, my precious one! Haven't you ever tubed?!" - Ida

[–] liscarkat (19031) 5 months ago

The fictional situation--an abusive mother--isn't funny. But the over-the-top performance of Dunaway is hilarious. The ridiculous slander of Joan Crawford is just sad.