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Alain E An interesting presentation of the unfortunate Frances Farmer whose promising career in acting was cut short due to psychiatric disease. Her behavior in the film would not justify prolonged hospitalization. We now know that the claim that she was lobotomized is incorrect. These patients were subsequently very limited, while Ms Farmer continued living independently until her early death from cancer. Ms Lange’s performance is the main reason to see the movie. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/25 Full Review Jerod S Frances is a solid biopic about the sad treatment of Frances Farmer back in the 40s. Shock treatment and lobotomies were forced on her and her family was greedy. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/15/24 Full Review Alec B I'm not really sure what the perspective on Farmer is supposed to be here (its not really a straightforward victim narrative nor does it seem to want to examine her with complexity) but Lange's performance, one of her best, is the reason to see this. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/28/24 Full Review Audience Member Jessica Lange is Frances Farmer; this film directed by Graeme Clifford tells the true story of her alleged mental illness and the emotionally abusive treatment she received from her mother, Lillian Farmer In the 1930s she's an aspiring writer in Seattle writing essays sparking controversy with the public about religion labeled an aethiest Dwayne Steele was her first husband working for the paper Frances was a film star too in the 1930s who was then institutionalized in the 1940s Her career in Hollywood took off but quickly fell downward just as fast She resorted to alcoholism and society deemed her unfit Actors and actresses don't have what people want, how can one keep working while others are starving, does anybody really love anybody?, if you're treated like a patient you have to act like one Jessica Lange gives such a compelling performance and it's very heartbreaking seeing her as this woman continue to fall downward This is a person denying if something is really wrong when everyone else said it first Lange truly invests the tragic figure with a humanity that the script lacks and she captures, without self pity, the haunting quality of the eternal misfit Frances Farmer died in 1970 as she had lived...alone but she did all she could to live freely the way she wanted without feeling trapped Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Jessica Lange is Frances Farmer; this film directed by Graeme Clifford tells the true story of her alleged mental illness and the emotionally abusive treatment she received from her mother, Lillian Farmer In the 1930s she's an aspiring writer in Seattle writing essays sparking controversy with the public about religion labeled an aethiest Dwayne Steele was her first husband working for the paper Frances was a film star too in the 1930s who was then institutionalized in the 1940s Her career in Hollywood took off but quickly fell downward just as fast She resorted to alcoholism and society deemed her unfit Actors and actresses don't have what people want, how can one keep working while others are starving, does anybody really love anybody?, of you're treated like a patient you apt to act like one Jessica Lange gives such a compelling performance and it's very heartbreaking seeing her as this woman continue to fall downward This is a person denying if something is really wrong when everyone else said it first Lange truly invests the tragic figure with a humanity that the script lacks and she captures, without self pity, the haunting quality of the eternal misfit Frances Farmer died in 1970 as she had lived...alone but she did all she could to live freely the way she wanted without feeling trapped Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/08/22 Full Review Audience Member Not only is Frances possibly the most boring movie I have ever seen, but it's in bad taste. To depict her as undergoing a lobotomy when she in fact never had one does her story a disservice, as it implies her other traumas weren't enough for the story. And to top it all off, for the entirety of the movie I had one and only one thought: Why is there a movie about this woman? Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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