Gypsy (1993)

8.1	Listal rating
7	IMDB rating

Directed by

Emile Ardolino

Starring (View all)

Bette Midler

Mama Rose

Peter Riegert

Herbie

Cynthia Gibb

Louise / Gypsy Rose Lee

Pop

Tessie Tura

Mr. Goldstone

Miss Cratchitt

Miss Mazeppa

Written by

Arthur Laurents

play

Gypsy Rose Lee

book Gypsy, A Memoir

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Memorable Songs, Sad Story

1 month, 3 weeks ago at Mar 28 11:49

moviebuff15

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The first part of this film, led by a manic Bette Midler, plays like "Toddlers & Tiaras" for the Great Depression era. Mama Rose (Midler) spends so much time immersing her daughters in showbiz and sick infantilism, insisting on making them wear little girl's clothes well into puberty, that she forgets what is best for her girls altogether.

Though not as dark a musical as Tim Bur... read more

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Release date : 12 December 1993
UPC: 013023049994

Great Depression (1), Mother-daughter Relationship (1), Stripper (1), Sad (1), Movie (1), Drama (1), Musical (1)

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Memorable Songs, Sad Story

“The first part of this film, led by a manic Bette Midler, plays like "Toddlers & Tiaras" for the Great Depression era. Mama Rose (Midler) spends so much time immersing her daughters in showbiz and sick infantilism, insisting on making them wear little girl's clothes well into puberty, that she forgets what is best for her girls altogether.

Though not as dark a musical as Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd" or Lars Von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark,," "Gypsy" permeates a diseased kind of wistfulness, marked by broken dreams and shattered egos. Meanwhile Bette Midler plays Mama Rose as if it was her last performance on earth, but backed up by the stagy sets and old-timey attitude, her performance is actually a strength, not a deterrent.

Rose's daughters, Louise and June (Cynthia G” read more

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