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  • Summary: Ruth Leitman's 1998 documentary examines the bond between Margie Thorpe and her eccentric mother Alma, both of whom live in the same Alabama town. Their complicated relationship includes a history of alcoholism, mental illness, and sexual abuse.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    70
    Enthralling, darkly funny, horrifying and hopeful.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    50
    The documentary equivalent of a Southern Gothic novel.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Van Gelder
    20
    Begins to seem not so much an examination but an exploitation.

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