Grey Gardens (2009) DVDRip

Winner Golden Globes Awards 2010 - Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television and Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758751/

Plot & Summary

How could a ravishing young debutante and her life-of-every-party mother -- relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, no less -- become crazy cat ladies, occupying a dilapidated 28-room East Hampton mansion? "Grey Gardens," an HBO movie inspired by the eponymous documentary shot in 1973, doesn't fully answer that question -- indeed, there's a rather sizable hole in the story -- but nevertheless has a fabulous time contemplating it, showcasing marvelous performances by Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange. It's a must-see for those fascinated by the lore of the U.S.' modern Camelot.

The film is strongest when flashing back to portray mother and daughter before their descent, opening in the mid-1930s, when 18-year-old Little Edie (Barrymore) dreamt of being a starlet, and her vivacious mother, Big Edie (Lange), would entertain with elaborate song-and-dance numbers at parties. Events roll along innocuously enough, with Little Edie beginning a relationship with a high-powered married man (Daniel Baldwin), while Big Edie finds herself alone in that great big house. Yet when the tryst ends badly, the daughter takes refuge at home, even as the mother's resources wither. Even so, Big Edie refuses to leave Grey Gardens, despite exhausting her trust fund.

By the time the filmmakers encounter them in the early 1970s, they've settled into an oddly reclusive life, so much so that local authorities raid the place, which is overrun with cats and raccoons. It's not until then that Jackie Onassis (Jeanne Tripplehorn) takes an interest in their fate.

Barrymore and Lange deliver vibrant, wonderfully theatrical turns. The made-for-TV movie is an impeccably rendered piece, down to the smallest details -- the kind of lush, meticulous little parcel that relatively few outlets these days have the means or latitude to cultivate.

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