Mary Kay Place in "Diane"

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I hate trailers that give the entire movie away but this trailer doesn't really tell you much of anything.

But I LOVE Mary Kay Place and I'll be looking forward to seeing it.

Here's an earlier thread for this movie, OP, if you wish to read more discussion about it.

R3 That thread is a discussion of Oscar nominees.

I loved Mary Kay Place in Girl Interrupted in that scene where she gets in a confrontation with Angelina Jolie at the diner.

She never got the exposure she should have (or we should have)

In addition to Mary Kay you’ve got Andrea Martin and Estelle Parsons.

and Joyce Van Patten.

I don't know what the Q&A audience will be like. It will be either mostly gay men or it will be seniors. I'm not sure if Mary Kay Place has a big gay following, but I'm sure many of the gays enjoyed her as Loretta Haggars on Mary Hartman and she is a bit of a DL favorite.

Is this about Aunt Diane?

Say goodbye to your Oscar next year too, G

Yeah, is it?

Anyone have suggestions on questions to ask during the Q&A?

I hope fat old Mary Kay finally gets her Oscar.

I remember an interview with Place fairly well into her run on MH, MH. She already had a production company and they were planning to do a pilot for a sitcom about Prissy from GWTW!

I don't like her, she gives off an uptight WASP bitch vibe.

Critics are calling "Diana" a "powerhouse" (whatever that means)

Why are they opening this now ? Her performance will be forgotten by the end of the year. Should wait for October.

What is this movie about?

Bitch

R18 - But what about “Diane”?

A woman devastated by the break-up with long time lover Kevin Spacey. Based on true events.

But R19, October would be too late, look at what happened to Julia Roberts’ Ben Is Back last year - late release, no traction. Glenn started building buzz for The Wife an entire year before its theatrical release last summer. Also, this film will have to do everything possible just to find an audience, let alone be in the awards season mix. Seems more likely to end up like Where Is Kyra.

My mother died recently and this feels like it’s going to hit too close to home. All the sad and disappointed aging people wondering who’s next.

But it looks good.

MKP's "work" is distracting since it's supposed be to be realist lower middle-class "kitchen sink" drama. IRL, Diane wouldn't have had botox, fillers, and surgery.

[quote] IRL, Diane wouldn't have had botox, fillers, and surgery.

She has none of those in this movie.

An underrated actress that deserves some recognition...would love to see have her "moment"..

A good review. Can't wait to see this.

I saw this last night at the Nuart in LA. There was a great Q&A afterward with Mary Kay Place. All the performances were great and it was great to see actresses like Andrea Martin and Glynnis O'Connor (who I hadn't seen in anything since her 70s films with Robby Benson). I don't know if the film will get a wider release but Id recommend seeing it if you can.

Really liked her in The Big Chill as the motherly figure who really wanted a child and in Latter Days as the Mormon mother who disowned her gay child, for a while.

Oh, NO

I saw this movie - rented from Amazon - last night

It's such a powerful, quiet film - I can't stop thinking about it.

MKP deserves an Oscar for this.

And Jake Lacy is surprisingly good as her son.

She was great in Big Love; I would've watched a spin off of Place, Harry Dean Stanton & Albie (Matt Ross) running the polygamist compound & dealing with the outside world.

You should watch this gem of a movie for MKP alone

But sexy Jake Lacy is a bonus

I always liked MKP but she is truly Oscar worthy in this. Even the old age makeup or whatever they used at the end was well done. Every moment was great in this movie. The dinner scene when her son and wife try to convert her is standout.. So much better than The Wife...

The above poster who said Mary Kay had bad botox you have been warned. More false claims you will be asked to turn in your gay card...

G is boiling a rabbit in MKP's kitchen now and sitting in the dark, sobbing...

Pay attention Academy...

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[quote] I don't know what the Q&A audience will be like. It will be either mostly gay men or it will be seniors.

Or, like Datalounge, it will be both.

I wonder why they picked her to star? Many people recognize her from different projects over the last 40 years, but would be hard-pressed to come up with her name. Not exactly a box office draw.

I'd love to see Mary Kay and Louise Lasser work together again.

Do the queens at awards watch have her anywhere on their radar?

A reviewer noted that "Diane" is the first movie in which Mary Kay Place has every had top billing, she's always been a supporting player. The reviewer said it is an Oscar worthy performance. I'm going to watch it on demand.

yum-oooooooooooooo

I have always loved Mary Kay Place but I have never been able to get through New York New York to watch her part....

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Mary Kay Place recorded a few C/W albums during and after MHMH.

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I’m watching this now. I love Mary Kay Place. And I miss tiny movies like this.

She was robbed of an Oscar nomination for this. And really, if you put this performance up against Zellweger's, there is no contest. It's Mary! all the way.

I was hoping this movie was about the infamous Aunt Diane.

She weirdly looked like Zellweger in that bar scene.

No Oscar, but she won both the L.A. Film Critics Association and National Society of Film Critics awards.