The celebrity mother tries to fill the emptiness of her life by adopting a girl child and it is this adopted daughter who pens down the agonies of the celebrity mother and how she struggles against the forces such as men, alcohol and showbiz.
The roles of the mother-daughter combination, played by Faye Dunaway and Diana Scarwid were instant hits. The harsh picture of the life of a glamour icon, the reality, the heartburns and the struggles of a mother behind the closed doors, trying to balance her profession and personal life, lends it the inevitable charm of realism.
The crudity of the way a mom handles her adopted kid daughter, the yelling and the bashing, the maniac act put forth by a serious actress like Faye makes you shiver and remind you time and again how lucky you are to have such a wonderful mother as yours.