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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 1,550 2010s crime movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 22m. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
256 audience votes
Key crew
- Erin Lee CarrDirector
- Ian HultquistOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gypsy-Rose BlanchardSelf
- Dee Dee BlanchardSelf (archive footage)
- Rod BlanchardSelf - Gypsy's Father
- Kristy BlanchardSelf - Gypsy's Stepmother
- Jim ArnottSelf - Sheriff
- David BlanchardSelf - Gypsy's Neighbor (archive footage)
- Michelle DeanSelf - Freelance Journalist
- Marc FeldmanSelf - Munchausen Expert
- Bernard FlaterstenSelf - Pediatric Neurologist
- Nicholas GodejohnSelf - Gypsy's Boyfriend (archive footage)
- Charles GoldhammerSelf - Nick's Stepfather (archive footage)
- Stephanie GoldhammerSelf - Nick's Mother (archive footage)
Stills
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Themes
child abusekillingmother daughter relationship
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