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Name: Mildred Pierce
Released: 1945-10-20
Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth

Mildred Pierce

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1h 51m
1945

88%

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A mother's love can lead to murder! Joan Crawford delivers an Academy Award-winning performance as a woman clawing her way to success to provide her daughters with everything she lacks, a woman named Mildred Pierce. Dying of gunshot wounds, Monte Beragon (Zachary Scott) croaks the name "Mildred." The police believe he has named his murderer ... and Pierce confesses to the crime. Now, as her story unfolds, the police learn of a woman who divorces her philandering husband, takes a job as a waitress and does anything to achieve success--only to be betrayed by the daughter she adores.

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Producer:

Jerry Wald, Jack L

Writer:

Ranald MacDougall

Cast:

Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Veda Ann Borg, Jo Ann Marlowe

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

88%

Critics Consensus: Tied together by a powerhouse performance from Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce blends noir and social drama to soapily intoxicating effect.

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Sean Axmaker

Crawford is as poised as ever as the successful Mildred in the opening scenes but more importantly she gives a vulnerability to Mildred even as she creates a powerful figure as a business success built out of drive and hard work.

A sterling hybrid of a bleak film noir and a high-gloss melodrama.

As an entry in the very long history of Hollywood studio “women’s pictures,” also known as “weepies,” the film noir classic is considered one of the most important. The deeply melodramatic movie is a riveting portrait of maternal sacrifice.

Mildred Pierce features a dynamite performance from Joan Crawford but the story itself could use some improvements.

Joan Crawford is the ultimate solo woman fighting for her slice of the American dream.

March 1, 2023

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