2017 · crime · documentary
Mommy Dead and Dearest
Directed by Erin Lee Carr1h 22m2017
Child abuse, mental illness, and forbidden love converge in this mystery involving a mother and daughter who were thought to be living a fairy tale life that turned out to be a living nightmare.
Our read: Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded crime · documentary entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured crime / documentary, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
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