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Grey Gardens: Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 18, 2009
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
77 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

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  • Summary: The 1973 documentary about Little Edie (Barrymore) and her mother, Big Edie (Lange), having been made into an award-winning Broadway play of the same name, is again dramatized as a film for HBO.
  • Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    100
    I will tell you that Lange and Barrymore deserve Emmys as does the production, which is so authentic you can see the real silk char meuse oozing off socialite shoulders.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    100
    People who watched the Maysleses' documentary when it came out probably found the women strange, to say the least, but may have also felt sympathy for them in the end. That's the feeling that director and co-screenwriter Michael Sucsy is going for in the HBO film, and he achieves it in spades.
  3. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    60
    Grey Gardens is thoughtful and swank but ultimately mediocre. Two actresses in top form are required to put this story across.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. NerijusD
    10
    Brilliant, moving, true to the original documentary.
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  2. EllenK
    10
    I was too busy living my own life in performance (first female radio talk show with daily call in show in Miami and Boston 1971-72) when all this happened to pay much note of the real story. However, Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange certainly captured the true essence of these two fascinating and provocative women. As the film progressed, I began to remember the story in all of its sordid details. I hope the "square-off" in the Best Actress Category for the Emmys results in a tie between the two of them, and awards for both of them. I give this HBO program an "A" on Ellen's Entertainment Report Card.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. eds
    0
    The accents were just terrible and distracting. It was like listening to Rose Kennedy trying to put on southern accent.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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