Mildred Pierce

2011 "Having It All Would Cost Her Everything."

Mildred Pierce

7.6 | 5h36m | en | Drama

Glendale, California, 1931: Mildred Pierce, a young mother with a talent for baking, is left a "grass widow" after throwing her husband, Bert, out of the house. Forced to hunt for work to support herself and her two young daughters, 11-year-old Veda and seven-year-old Ray, Mildred visits an employment agency, only to encounter job opportunities she feels are beneath her. Amidst her job search, she receives dating advice from her friend and neighbor, Lucy Gessler, and begins an unexpected affair with an ex-business partner of her husband's, Wally Burgan. When Mildred receives a call from the agency regarding an opening as a housekeeper to a wealthy socialite, she reluctantly agrees to meet with her. After cutting the acerbic interview short, Mildred seeks refuge at a local diner, Cristofor's Café, where fate, and a waitress named Ida, will play a role in shaping her future.

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7.6 | 5h36m | en | Drama | More Info

Released: March. 27,2011 | Released Producted By: Home Box Office (HBO) , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.hbo.com/mildred-pierce/index.html

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Cast

Kate Winslet , Guy Pearce , James Le Gros

Director

Mark Friedberg

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Home Box Office (HBO) , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

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Cast

Kate Winslet

as Mildred Pierce

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Guy Pearce

as Monty Beragon

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James Le Gros

as Wally Burgan

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Reviews

ninasimone2018 Nice adaptation, but the script is based on an aweful one-sided writing, it starts off as promising drama when the lead character sends off her husband to his lover and is left to fend for herself and works hard to earn a living, then the writting takes a wrong turn after personal loss and business success instead of being happy she turns into an opposite of a kept woman and keeps a man instead and argues with her spoiled daughter and brat and tolerates this crap, mind you this is a third episode, hopefully she comes to her senses. it is watchable and enjoyable thanks to kate winslet performance but irritating at the same time. Ultimately if its supposed to be study of mother daughter relationship that tolerates a lot because of guilt and loss then ok, i get and would have saved five hrs having known...

larcam1 All the actors did a great job. The 1930's scenery was great. However, (there's always an "however") It was a 2 hour story that took 5 hours to tell. By the time the 5th episode started I had lost interest in the characters and really didn't care about the outcome.I don't know what the director had in mind, but there were far too may facial shots of Mildred Pierce with this sad and bewildered look on her face. The camera slowly panned forever on scenes with no one in them.It was not entertaining at all. The original studio version with Joan Crawford was corny, but at least it was over in 2 hours.Don't waste your time on this one.I give it a 3 rating because the actors were so good, but nothing else worked.

Bryan Oliver (randomguy1234567890) I found this story to be surprisingly good. I understood how the mother only wanted to be able to please her daughter despite her lack of money, but I also understood the daughter's position. Yes, she was spoiled and extremely ungrateful, but I think what she really wanted was a mother who had a backbone, who she could be proud to call her mother. Each character plays a part that makes sense within the story, and I can't think of anything or anyone that seemed extraneous. The opening scene was shot especially well, but also throughout it was shot and edited well, not staying on one shot for too long like some other old films.

JerzeeGerl I thought this was a decent miniseries. I thought Kate Winslet was great in her role, and most likely would have taken home the Emmy if this had been better written. My biggest complaint about the story - and perhaps this is true in the original novel, I don't know - is that it's never explained as to what happened in Veda's upbringing to make her such a manipulative spoiled bitch. She grows up in the 30s, when most people were lucky if they had regular meals let alone a place to live, yet she's vicious and hateful because her mother works in a restaurant. It's not because of her sister's death because she was like that before her sister's death. Also, I don't understand why everyone falls all over Evan Rachel Wood's performance in this. Really? I thought she was mediocre at best. She chews up the scenery in this miniseries - sooooooooo overacted. The scene where Kate Winslet's character finds her daughter with her husband naked? Evan Rachel Wood's movement and performance reminded me of a soap opera. Truthfully, my opinion is that this miniseries would have been much better with a different - and better - actress playing Veda.