Grey Gardens (1975)
Directed by Muffie Meyer, David Maysles, Ellen Giffard, Albert Maysles · 95 min · Documentary
44.4 TOPICAL score · #2,331 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.
Grey Gardens (1975, directed by Muffie Meyer and David Maysles and Ellen Giffard and Albert Maysles) has a TOPICAL score of 44.4 - ranked 2,331 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on awards. Critics: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.5/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.3/10 (260 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 16 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.5/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7.3/10 (260 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 16 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read44,013 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers, Norman Vincent Peale