Mommy Dead and Dearest
2017 · Movie · 82 min · ★ 7.4 · 95% critics
A mother and daughter who seemed to live a fairy-tale life are pulled into a dark mystery as child abuse and mental illness collide with forbidden love. What starts as a case of puzzling circumstances grows into a living nightmare with far-reaching consequences.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-03-11
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (256 votes)
About
You’ll likely like this if you want a deeply disturbing, investigative true-crime documentary that stays emotionally tense, like I Love You, Now Die and The Confession Tapes; Not for you if child abuse content feels too intense.
Pros: captivating true-crime access; disturbing, heartfelt tone; engaging and fast-moving | Cons: mixed feelings on fairness; frustrating pacing; heavy subject matter
Themes
- child abuse
- killing
- mother daughter relationship
Cast & crew
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard
as Self
- DB
Dee Dee Blanchard
as Self (archive footage)
- RB
Rod Blanchard
as Self - Gypsy's Father
- KB
Kristy Blanchard
as Self - Gypsy's Stepmother
- JA
Jim Arnott
as Self - Sheriff
- DB
David Blanchard
as Self - Gypsy's Neighbor (archive footage)
- MD
Michelle Dean
as Self - Freelance Journalist
- MF
Marc Feldman
as Self - Munchausen Expert
- BF
Bernard Flatersten
as Self - Pediatric Neurologist
- NG
Nicholas Godejohn
as Self - Gypsy's Boyfriend (archive footage)
Directed by Erin Lee Carr