I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Truly Dreadful Film

Crappy film

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon)...A quest to remain relevant in an era that has refused to 'acknowledge' old women in Hollywood.The pain behind the fame as well as the battles fought to remain relevant. How Crawford schemed to collect the Oscar statue for another actress even though she herself wasn't nominated for the Oscars.How she (Crawford) refused to take care of her dental health because of the film industry. Also, how she deliberately put filming on hold because she wanted to feel important - an act she ended up parting with her hard earned $100 000.Feud reminds us of pain and indeed as the saying goes: "never meet your heroes".Ryan Murphy did a great job. However, I'm not happy that we won't get to see the Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorce on screen.Fingers crossed...

I saw the trailer for this and thought..."Hmmm...looks interesting?" but then forgot it was on. Later, I discovered that it was on Catch Up TV. I sat down to watch, just the first episode .... and stayed for the entire 8 episodes! This is an absolutely gripping and absorbing series. Susan Sarandon & Jessica Lange give outstanding performances and totally become Bette and Joan. I can't find enough superlatives for their work here. Alfred Molina is also superb as Robert Aldrich and wins (and keeps) your sympathy throughout. Stanley Tucci makes you really glad that you didn't work for Jack Warner. The highest praise must go to ALL concerned with the production of this outstanding series. If you loved "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?", then I suggest you sit down, right now and catch up with what happened to Bette & Joan too. Enjoy!

This is one of my all time favorites, I decided after I completed the first season's viewing. This show is a force in itself, the writing is so well done, and the two leading ladies Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon, the way they hit their emotional range is the reason to watch this show. Moments of vulnerability, the rawness of the situation, the disappointment within ones self and the betrayals all of these emotions are captured in the best possible way. The characters are fleshed out, they are brought to life by the brilliant cast. I would sum it up by saying in the public eye in general as people we put on our strongest faces, our vulnerabilities hidden deep within knowing that a hint of weakness gives room for exploitation, when the veneer is no longer there we see our vulnerable self. I love how a show and the wonderful actresses managed to bring vulnerability to life, vulnerability of being a glamorous successful woman who lives life on her own terms and being human in general.

The acting is superb. Susan Sarandon - perennially youthful acts and talks like Bette Davis. Jessica Lange is just as convincing as Joan Crawford. Ryan Murphy has really taken a fascinating subject and created a pretty long series that isn't boring for a second. Good support from Alfred Molina as the director, Stanley Tucci as Jack Warner, Judy Davis as Hedda Hopper and Kiernan Shipka of Mad Men as Bette's daughter. Who knew the behind the scenes of making a movie could be so interesting. Looked forward to every episode.Advice to viewers watch "Baby Jane" again if you can't remember it.The only fault is didn't like Catherine Zeta Jones at Olivia de Havilland. For anybody who has seen Olivia in "Gone with the Wind" and "Light in the Piazza" or any of her movies knows that isn't the way she talks. Her looks were wrong too lacking that sweetness that Olivia has. Recently Olivia has come out suing the makers of the series for fabricating the interviews she gave and putting gossipy and bitchy statements in her mouth in this show. Looking back it did strike me as out of character for her to talk in such a matter. This is the only fault of this otherwise very good miniseries.