Grey Gardens - Criterion Collection Rating: Release Date: 14 August, 2001 Retail Price: $39.95 OUR Price: $34.99 You SAVE: $4.96! Cast: Edith Bouvier Beale Edith B. Beale Jr. Brooks Jr. Albert Brooks

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What a great piece... there are so many levels to love this story from. It's a zany bit of humor about a mother and daughter working each other's nerves, their odd behavior.... its a deeply insightful look at missed opportunities, living in dreams, a woman's role in a past era of society....and it goes into all these naked truths ( sometimes metaphoric ) staying uplifting and positive.

Everyone can relate to both characters.

Highly overated Maysles brothers film. Good for 20 mins.
There's enough material here for a fascinating short subject film, but nowhere near enough for a feature-length documentary, nor are these crazy bats interesting enough to hold my attention for that long. Unfortunately, what starts out as intruiging, almost haunting, becomes labored beyond compare. Essentially, the huge moment is seeing how beautiful both women were at one time and piecing together how their bizarre psychology could lead to this pathetic situation. Certainly food for thought but I found those very thoughts occupying my mind and not this increasingly bland film.

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