Mother and daughter - Big Edie and Little Edie Beale - live with six cats in a crumbling house in East Hampton. Little Edie, in her 50s, who wears scarves and bright colors, sings, mugs for the camera, and talks to Al and David Maysles, the filmmakers. Big Edie, in her 70s, recites poetry, comments on her daughter's behavior, and sings "If I Loved You" in fine voice. She talks in short sentences; her daughter in volumes. The film is episodic: friends visit, there's a small fire in the house, Little Edie goes to the shore and swims. She talks about the Catholic Church. She's ashamed that local authorities raided the house because of all the cats. She values being different.
The Beales of Grey Gardens has generally received positive reviews.
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The Beales of Grey Gardens was released in 2006 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 34 reviews, giving The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 79%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 70%.
With a score of 74%, The Beales of Grey Gardens is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2006, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2006 with similar scores include films like Vivah, Akeelah and the Bee and The Science of Sleep.
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