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Frances
Directed by
Graeme Clifford
R
1982
2h 20m
Drama
,
Biography
,
and more
7.2
68%
78%
6.9
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The story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
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Cast of Frances
Jessica Lange
Frances Farmer
Sam Shepard
Harry York
Kim Stanley
Lillian Farmer
Bart Burns
Ernest Farmer
Christopher Pennock
Dick Steele
James Karen
Judge Hillier
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Lobotomy Doctor
Sarah Cunningham
Alma Styles
Allan Rich
Mr. Bebe
Woodrow Parfrey
Dr. Doyle
Jack Riley
Bob Barnes
Darrell Larson
Louella's Spy
Jordan Charney
Harold Clurman
John Randolph
Kindly Judge
Keone Young
Chinese Doctor
Bonnie Bartlett
Studio Stylist
Jeffrey DeMunn
Clifford Odets
Lane Smith
Dr. Symington
Jonathan Banks
Hitchhiker
James Brodhead
Desk Sergeant
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Frances Ratings & Reviews
Associated Press
Bob Thomas
There was material for a profound human tragedy in her life, but three writers were unable to uncover it. The result is an almost ludicrous parody of the Old Hollywood.
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
All the more credit to Lange that she's able to extract something so titanically powerful from material so limiting.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
Jessica Lange brings so much energy and personal involvement to her portrayal of Frances Farmer that you can't help but feel sorry for her; nothing else in the film remotely matches her talent and dedication.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Jessica Lange turns in a forceful performance, but director Graeme Clifford stresses the most sordid aspects of the story.
People Magazine
People Staff
With a superb lead performance from Jessica Lange, this is a horror story based on life, not nightmare.
TV Guide
This relentlessly depressing film biography boasts a moving performance by Jessica Lange.
Variety
Variety Staff
It's quite an accomplishment for Jessica Lange and it's too bad a better film didn't come of it.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
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.
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
Michael A. Smith
In one year (along with "Tootsie") Lange went from joke to respect.
Kansas City Kansan
Steve Crum
Harrowing story well played by Lange.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Jessica Lange plays Frances Farmer in a performance that is so driven, that contains so many different facets of a complex personality, that we feel she has an intuitive understanding of this tragic woman.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
[Frances] is such a mixed up movie that it still seems to be unfinished, as if Graeme Clifford, the director, and the writers hadn't yet discovered the real point of the Frances Farmer story.
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Nick Davis
Lange is wonderful, and provides a searing, tremendous reason to see a film that would otherwise collapse under even a moment of analytical pressure.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
Unfortunately though the story glosses over some of the big details in Farmer's life.
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