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Frances (1982)

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Reviews Counted: 15

Fresh: 14

Rotten:1

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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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
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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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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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