Even though I LOVE Faye... and maybe I just had too high expectations of this movie... In the end I was left... empty and chilled. She seemed... like she was controlling herself as much as she could and just... playing the part of herself. Let's be real - I knew coming into the movie that she would be like this... but wanted to see a little more of a human being.
One thing that struck me was how she always, whatever wrong thing she did and they asked her about it - her alcoholism, people scared to work with her, bad reputation and etc - she always just said - Oh, no, that's not me, it's my bipolar disorder and that's it. And then the nice moments... were all HER. Hmmm....Something about this... just didn't sit right with me. I'm sorry but people these days have this habit of excusing everything bad they do with some sort of personality disorder or illness and the good parts are what we are proud of. It's too superficial for me to believe it.
One moment that struck me was when her SON told the filmmakers that at times his mother was like Joan Crawford in Mommie dearest, she had the same manic episodes. This was the most revealing moment for me.
Overall - I am not impressed. Faye, the movie, left me feeling like I was watching a visual representation of her wikipedia page. I felt coldness and just... something empty. And maybe she is like that sometimes... maybe that's all there is... I don't know.
But I still love her. And think she is a genius.
5/10