The read
The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series.
Synopsis
Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic83/100
256 audience votes
Key crew
- Muffie MeyerDirector
- David MayslesDirector
- Ellen GiffardDirector
- Albert MayslesDirector
Cast
- Edith Bouvier BealeSelf
- Edith Ewing Bouvier BealeSelf
- Brooks HyersSelf
- Norman Vincent PealeSelf
- Jack HelmuthSelf (uncredited)
- Albert MayslesSelf (uncredited)
- David MayslesSelf (uncredited)
- Jerry TorreSelf (uncredited)
- Lois WrightSelf (uncredited)
Themes
catparanoiadysfunctional familyfamily relationshipsmockumentarylong island, new yorkeccentricmansiondocudramarecluseraccoonwoman director
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