Word: christinaity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...share a modest, four-bedroom house in Westchester, a mostly Cuban town in the western part of Dade County: Carlos Marquez Sterling, 83, and his wife Waldina Hernández Cata, 66; Daughter Uva, 37, and her husband Jorge J. Clavijo, 45; and their two children, Uvi, 17, and Christina, 12. As has been true of other Cuban families with several generations living in South Florida, some members of the Marquez Sterling dynasty have found adjusting to the American way of life difficult. Admits Uva: "We have encountered all the problems of adaptation...
...Christina Munoz...
...Christina Munoz...
Director Frank Perry seems content simply to let Joan and Christina rant and rave at each other, and he makes few attempts to explain Joan's complex characters or to dig beneath the disputes for the real reasons for Crawford's mistreatment of her daughter. When the scenes roll around in which Joan is nice to her daughter, we are only further confused. The relationship between Christina and Joan is shown through a series of vignettes which take place over a span of 30 years, but these scenes are only loosely strung together. They argue here, they argue there, time...
...that Christina could not have resisted taking revenge on her mother, and it's too bad to see Joan Crawford posthumously dragged through the mud. Christina's attempt to cash in on her mother's problems shows very little class on her part. It would have been much better all around if this movie were never made...