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Mommy Dead and Dearest
Documentary · 2017
Child abuse, mental illness, and forbidden love converge in this mystery involving a mother and daughter who were thought to be living a fairy tale life that turned out to be a living nightmare.
The sides of Mommy Dead and Dearest
- A mother and a daughter everyone pitied in Missouri
- A daughter who was never really sick
- A crime planned with an online boyfriend
Mommy Dead and Dearest is good for you if…
- you want the Gypsy Rose Blanchard case from the people who lived it.
- you like a story where the victim and the culprit keep trading places.
- you want to understand a mother and daughter bond turned into a prison.
Mommy Dead and Dearest is bad for you if…
- you can't take years of child abuse told in detail.
- you need a true story with someone to fully root for.
About: control · abuse · freedom
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