Frances
This fairly engaging (if over-long) biopic of infamous 1930s actress Frances Farmer is a showpiece for Jessica Lange, who I normally am not a big fan of. Unfortunately though the story glosses over some of the big details in Farmer's life. While we get her incarceration in a mental asylum and lobotomization, her various celebrity weddings barely get a mention. Similarly, her life after release from the loony bin gets covered only in a title card before the credits.
Rating
3.0 out of 5 Stars
- Director: Graeme Clifford
- Producer: Jonathan Sanger
- Screenwriter: Eric Bergren, Christopher De Vore, Nicholas Kazan
- Stars: Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns
- MPAA Rating: R
- Year of Release: 1982
- Released on Video: 11/01/1983
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