Mariska Hargitay assembles her family and the friends who knew her mother, Jayne Mansfield. Hargitay is trying to connect with the mother who she barely remembers (Hargitay was three years old when her mom was killed in a car accident)
This film is not really about Mansfield the movie star, but about Mom. This is a film that looks to help Hargitay sort out who her mom was and why she did the things that she did. It's an incredibly personal film that is not going to play well for anyone who is looking for the life of a star, it is instead the life of a woman behind the Hollywood persona. Hargitay wants us to feel the woman who spoke as she did at home and not the one on the movie screen.
This is an intriguing film. It's a film that holds our attention because the film simply doesn't go and do as we expect it to. There are some interesting twists here and little facts that most people who are not Mansfield superfans would know. For example, while I knew Mariska was in the car during the crash, I didn't realize that they authorities didn't know she was in the crashed car and only found her when one of her brothers asked if she was okay. They then went back and found her wedged under the front seat.
Ultimately this is a lovely film about finding oneself and refinding a deeper connection to our families.\
Recommended.
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