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01/26/06
Frances (1982)
93 %
Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 14 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins
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. Tragically, her mental health soon began to deteriorate due to substance abuse, poor psychiatric... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns
Director: Graeme Clifford
Screenwriter: Eric Bergren, Christopher DeVore, Nicholas Kazan
Composer: John Barry
Producer: Jonathan Sanger
Screenwriter: Eric Bergren, Christopher DeVore, Nicholas Kazan
Composer: John Barry
Producer: Jonathan Sanger
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05/24/03
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08/30/04
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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.
07/20/04
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.
01/17/02
Despite the cardboard characters she's surrounded by, Jessica Lange single-handedly makes this depressing film worth watching.
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