...this garbage of a script, that managed to find it's way to hbo, was completely unoriginal and even could be debatably considered twisted plagiarism, for having quoted the original documentay of 'grey gardens' to death; should have been burned during mid-reading and never mentioned again!
I think the point in making this film was to build on the original documentary of these women, giving us more of their life story based on what they revealed during their '75 documentary film. How exactly is it plagiarism when it's based on a documentary? The makers of this version never claimed to be making an 'original' film. Their intention was clear from the start, & in the end they gave viewers of the '75 doc "the rest of the story".
As far as Barrymore goes, I'm intrigued by her in general. She has an interesting family history & has lived an eventful life herself. And she's quite an accomplished woman, all told. And, not only is she free-spirited but I think she may have some eccentric tendencies herself, so in that sense she was great for this part. I'll admit I'm not often impressed with her acting, tho. I
want to like her as an actor, but I just can't, not fully. She does seem to almost always pull off her roles, but some just barely. This role was one of her better attempts. While I tend to imagine it to be less challenging to portray someone when you not only have footage of them to study & mimic but are 'simply' asked to reenact it verbatim, I don't know how that works really because I'm not an actor - so I give her credit where I believe it's due. Imo, she not only became Edie but made a nice leap in her evolution as an actor.
That said, I do not believe Edie is rolling in her grave, as you say. I do think she would think you're being a bit too hard on Barrymore, tho.
"Hey, how come Andrew gets to get up? If he gets up...we'll all get up...IT'LL BE ANARCHY!!"
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