Mommy Dead and Dearest: Season 1

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: May 15, 2017

Summary: Erin Lee Carr's documentary about what led to the murder of Dee Dee Blanchard by her daughter, Gypsy Rose and her boyfriend, uncovers a years of isolation and manipulation by a mother with Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary

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RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

May 15, 2017

The story of Dee Dee Blanchard and Gypsy Rose Blanchard is compelling enough that just telling it is half the battle, but it’s the expert construction of Mommy Dead and Dearest that really makes it work. Read full review

Aja Romano

May 15, 2017

Given Dee Dee’s continual emphasis on appearance throughout Gypsy’s life, it’s hardly surprising that we’re left with questions about Gypsy’s ultimate level of control over her own narrative; yet what’s really surprising is how easy it is to believe her when she says she misses her mother. It’s one of many contradictions and paradoxes that Carr balances throughout the film, and one of many moments that make Mommy Dead and Dearest a must-watch for any fan of true crime, or any fan of stories from the depths of the troubled South. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

May 15, 2017

The strangeness of this killing speaks for itself, and the director, Erin Lee Carr, largely just lets it do so. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

May 15, 2017

With its sickly sweet flashbacks to home movies and public-event footage showing the mother-daughter duo as best friends, this slickly packaged documentary combines true-crime material with a certain tonal element of cruel domestic black comedy. Read full review

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Colokat5

Jun 28, 2017

How on earth those 2 were able to get away with "The Scam" that they did for years! Amazing! But for me, it goes to show that the Scamming in America has become it's own Art Form and it's the systems that America has in place that makes it that way! Get Rid of all the "help" systems andHow on earth those 2 were able to get away with "The Scam" that they did for years! Amazing! But for me, it goes to show that the Scamming in America has become it's own Art Form and it's the systems that America has in place that makes it that way! Get Rid of all the "help" systems and actually put people Back to Work in America instead of fostering situations like this!!!… Expand

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