Grey Gardens...

Aggie and I watched Grey Gardens last night.  Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange were perfect casting for Big Edie and Little Edie Beale!  If you've never seen the original documentary, by all means watch it before you see the movie version.  I ran across the original one night several years ago while I was channel-surfing and it was like a complete train wreck.  I wanted to change the channel, but I couldn't stop watching.  I was so fascinated that I set the TiVo to record the whole thing.  Of course, I could see how I could become Big Edie the crazy cat lady - it was horrifying! - and the mother/daughter dynamic between the two hit pretty close to home, too.  The new movie version is like watching an enhanced version of the documentary; the protrayals of the Beales are spot-on and the "live action" drama is wonderful.  Jeanne Tripplehorn does a  good job as Jackie Kennedy, who comes to the rescue of her relatives, albeit almost too little, too late.