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Frances (1982)

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Reviews Counted:15

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Average Rating:7.6/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: FRANCES tells the life story of independent, strong-willed actress Frances Farmer, whose beauty, talent, and intelligence lead to a successful stage and film career in the 1930s and 1940s.... FRANCES tells the life story of independent, strong-willed actress Frances Farmer, whose beauty, talent, and intelligence lead to a successful stage and film career in the 1930s and 1940s. Tragically, her mental health soon began to deteriorate due to substance abuse, poor psychiatric care, a controlling stage mother, and her own radical and unyielding beliefs. [More]

Starring: Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns

Starring: Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns

Director: Graeme Clifford

Director: Graeme Clifford
Screenwriter: Eric Bergren, Christopher DeVore, Nicholas Kazan
Composer: John Barry
Producer: Jonathan Sanger

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Jun 22, 1999

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Jessica Lange and Kim Stanley give superb performances as the troubled actress Frances Farmer and her domineering mother, compensating for the shapeless narrative, which is too ridden with cliches of showbiz biopics.

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Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

In one year (along with "Tootsie") Lange went from joke to respect.

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Michael A. Smith
Michael A. Smith
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Harrowing story well played by Lange.

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Vincent Canby
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Lange is wonderful, and provides a searing, tremendous reason to see a film that would otherwise collapse under even a moment of analytical pressure.

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01/23/03
Philip Martin
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Jessica Lange's outstanding performance offers an intriguing portrait of Frances Farmer, an actress who marched to the beat of her own drummer and paid the price.

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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Despite the cardboard characters she's surrounded by, Jessica Lange single-handedly makes this depressing film worth watching.

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