{"id":88944,"date":"2022-12-21T22:39:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T05:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=88944"},"modified":"2022-12-25T23:21:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T06:21:08","slug":"crazy-mama-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=88944","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Mama (1975)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You ladies are lunatics! You&#8217;re damn crazy!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Poster-196x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-88945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Poster-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Poster-177x270.png 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Poster.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a woman (Cloris Leachman) and her widowed mother (Ann Sothern) lose their beauty parlor due to lack of payments, they take Leachman&#8217;s pregnant daughter (Linda Purl) and her boyfriend (Donnie Most) on the run with them to begin a life of petty crime in hopes of earning enough money to buy back their family farm in Arkansas. Along the way, they pick up another suitor (Bryan Englund) for Purl, an elderly woman (Merie Earle) eager for action, and a lover (Stuart Whitman) for Leachman, who tries to convince his wealthy wife (Sally Kirkland) that he&#8217;s been kidnapped.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ann Sothern Films<\/li>\n<li>Cloris Leachman Films<\/li>\n<li>Dick Miller Films<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Demme Films<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<li>Thieves and Criminals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary writes, &#8220;Jonathan Demme directed this engaging offbeat comedy made under the guise of being a typical New World crime-spree exploitation film (i.e., <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5953\"><em>Bloody Mama<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=78220\"><em>The Great Texas Dynamite Chase<\/em><\/a>)&#8221; but that&#8217;s actually a &#8220;spirited, unpredictable film&#8221; that&#8217;s &#8220;a lot of fun&#8221; and filled with &#8220;unusual characters played with unusual freedom by a fine ensemble of actors to whom mainstream directors weren&#8217;t offering parts&#8221; (i.e., classic film star Ann Sothern).  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Characters.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Characters-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Characters-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Characters-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Characters-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Characters-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Characters-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Characters.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He notes that he &#8220;particularly like[s] the odd relationships between the characters and the loyalty and affection they have for each other&#8221;:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Affection.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Affection-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Affection-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Affection-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Affection-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Affection-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Affection-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Affection.png 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and (of course) he makes special note of &#8220;the kittenish Purl&#8221; who he considers &#8220;a particularly exciting find.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Purl-Most.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Purl-Most-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Purl-Most-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Purl-Most-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Purl-Most-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Purl-Most-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Purl-Most-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Purl-Most.png 1299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary notes that &#8220;Demme&#8217;s direction is extremely mature&#8221; &#8212; he &#8220;obviously feels warmth for the female characters and admires their guts, intelligence, [and] resourcefulness&#8221; &#8212; and asserts that &#8220;his diners, road signs, clothes, hairdos, [and] cars perfectly capture 1958 &#8212; as does the standout rock score from that year.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Diner-Signs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Diner-Signs-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Diner-Signs-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Diner-Signs-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Diner-Signs-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Diner-Signs-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Diner-Signs-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Diner-Signs.png 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I agree with Peary that this remains a &#8220;spirited, unpredictable film&#8221; filled with plenty of jam-packed action &#8212; including a sequence in a Vegas casino (and then a chapel): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Vegas.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Vegas-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Vegas-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Vegas-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Vegas-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Vegas-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Vegas-487x270.png 487w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Vegas-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Vegas.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; a motorcycle race: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Motorcycle-Race.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Motorcycle-Race-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Motorcycle-Race-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Motorcycle-Race-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Motorcycle-Race-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Motorcycle-Race-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Motorcycle-Race-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Motorcycle-Race.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; a bank robbery: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Bank-Robbery.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Bank-Robbery-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Bank-Robbery-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Bank-Robbery-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Bank-Robbery-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Bank-Robbery-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Bank-Robbery-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Bank-Robbery.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; a stay at a Teepee Village: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Teepees.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Teepees-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Teepees-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Teepees-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Teepees-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Teepees-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Teepees-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Teepees.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and much more. Watch for Jim Backus as the bank representative who kicks Leachman and Sothern out of their initial business: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Backus.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Backus-1024x589.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Backus-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Backus-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Backus-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Backus-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Backus-469x270.png 469w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Backus.png 1257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Will Sampson (Chief Bromden in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44163\"><em>One Flew Over the Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest<\/em><\/a>) in a silent cameo as an Indian at a trading post:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Sothern-Sampson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Sothern-Sampson-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Sothern-Sampson-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Sothern-Sampson-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Sothern-Sampson-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Sothern-Sampson-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Sothern-Sampson-486x270.png 486w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Sothern-Sampson-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Sothern-Sampson.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and, of course, Dick Miller (here playing a cop having an affair with Whitman&#8217;s wealthy wife). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Miller.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Miller-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Miller-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Miller-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Miller-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Miller-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Miller-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Miller.png 1283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> &#8220;Happy Days&#8221; fans will surely make note of the strategic casting of Donnie Most as a character from the 1950s. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine performances by the ensemble cast<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Still-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Still-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Still-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Still-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Still-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Still-489x270.png 489w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Still-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-Still.png 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Creative direction by Demme<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-TV-Hair.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-TV-Hair-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-TV-Hair-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-TV-Hair-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-TV-Hair-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-TV-Hair-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-TV-Hair-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Crazy-Mama-TV-Hair.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The rocking &#8217;50s soundtrack <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but I can see its value as a cult favorite, and it&#8217;s a must for Leachman fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072829\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1399&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/45798\/lady-in-red-crazy-mama\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/crazy-mama\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You ladies are lunatics! You&#8217;re damn crazy!&#8221; Synopsis: When a woman (Cloris Leachman) and her widowed mother (Ann Sothern) lose their beauty parlor due to lack of payments, they take Leachman&#8217;s pregnant daughter (Linda Purl) and her boyfriend (Donnie Most) on the run with them to begin a life of petty crime in hopes of earning enough money to buy back their family farm in Arkansas. Along the way, they pick up another suitor (Bryan Englund) for Purl, an elderly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=88944\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88944"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89070,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88944\/revisions\/89070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}