My Mom Jayne

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My Mom Jayne

2025

1h 45m

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Biography

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Mariska Hargitay was three years old when her mother, Jayne Mansfield, tragically died in a car accident at the age of 34. The film follows Mariska as she seeks to know, understand, and embrace her mother for the first time. Through intimate interviews and a collection of never-before-seen photos and home movies, she grapples with her mother's public and private legacy and discovers the layers and depth of who Jayne was, not only to her audience but to those who were closest to her.

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Craig Mathieson

The Age (Australia)

Aug 18

3.5/5

There’s no outside scrutiny to this story, but the trade-off is a deeply genuine sense of loss and longing; an outsider couldn’t deliver the raw exchanges these family members share.

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J. Kelly Nestruck

Globe and Mail

Jul 17

The doc ends up a rich portrait of a complex human, full of interviews with intimates who would have been impossible to land if Hargitay hadn’t been involved.

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Dan Einav

Financial Times

Jul 14

4/5

What emerges, through raw reflections, frank conversations and illustrative archive clips of Mansfield herself is a revealing portrait of a woman who was beautiful, sharp-witted and warm but also enigmatic and inaccessible.

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Stephen A. Russell

Orion's Shoulder (Substack)

Dec 31

Hargitay stitches still-raw family testaments with remarkable archival material to create something unmooring in its magnanimous reclamation.

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John Stark

Mac the Movie Guy

Aug 12

90/100

This is a revealing look at how one daughter discovers her mother, and chooses to share that journey with the world.

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Christopher Stevens

Daily Mail (UK)

Aug 5

4/5

This two-hour biography didn’t attempt to analyse why Jayne so craved attention.

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Dean S

@DeanDFW Dec 27

Very enjoyable documentary and sad story.

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Don S

@Dsto3060 Dec 27

Very well done. There is so much more to Jayne Mansfield than I would have imagined. Mariska Hargitay has lived a very colorful life. Definitely worth watching.

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Ari M

@arimabee Dec 14

Amazing and made me even more of a fan of mariska hargitay. I knew there was something genuine and fitting about her when I watched her play Olivia in SVU. Amazing documentary. It doesn’t drag and it doesn’t get boring, it tells an emotional, historic, and important feeling story. It invites you to confront your own grief. Something that many can relate to.

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Stephen G

Dec 1

What an unexpectedly poignant and powerful documentary. Mariska Hargitay does a superb job of weaving together the under-appreciated story of mom Jayne Mansfield (about whom I'd never known or thought much), a moving series of family remembrances and revelations, and universal themes of love and accountability. And she does it all without making this an ego-driven exercise. Instead, it's about sharing warmth, pain and, toward the end, even some laughter.

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Jacob S

@Jjselja Nov 17

Well done. Lots of heart.

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Christina F

Oct 10

This is such a great film! To see Mariska in this light is very heartwarming.

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Synopsis

Mariska Hargitay was three years old when her mother, Jayne Mansfield, tragically died in a car accident at the age of 34. The film follows Mariska as she seeks to know, understand, and embrace her mother for the first time. Through intimate interviews and a collection of never-before-seen photos and home movies, she grapples with her mother's public and private legacy and discovers the layers and depth of who Jayne was, not only to her audience but to those who were closest to her.

Director: Mariska Hargitay
Producer: Mariska Hargitay, Trish Adlesic
Distributor: Max
Production Co: VERA-TAS LLC
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 20, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 27, 2025
Runtime: 1h 45m

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