Grey Gardens (2009 TV Movie)
5/10
Spoiler re motivation and re animals
19 April 2009
This is a bit of a spoiler.

The story revolves around a decision made by Little Edie at roughly midpoint. Problem is, that decision, on which everything subsequent depends, is completely out of character. This self-motivated young woman is suddenly, inexplicably, dictated to by circumstance. She devolves from a person of apparent inner motivation to one with no spine whatever, forever after, no turning back.

Makes no sense. Something was left out. Why the sudden change in her nature? The acting ranged, within a given character, from exceptional to hack, also inexplicable.

On the plus side, the two main female actors seemed very comfortable handling the many cats in the story. And at the end of final credits, when the "Humane" message appeared, it was VOICED by Drew, in character, to emphasize it, which strikes me as a very positive and very pro-animal thing for her or anyone to do.
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