Child abuse, mental illness, and forbidden love converge in this mystery involving a mother and daughter who were thought to be living a fairy tale life that turned out to be a living nightmare.
Mommy Dead and Dearest is of 1 hour(s) and 22 minute(s). It is Produced By: HBO Documentary Films, Abstract. It was released on 2017-03-11. It has the tagline: In this family, every illness was a lie - except the mother's. It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
Genres: CrimeDocumentary
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