she be dominant . in my opinion and she be in the top five of all time great actress . her presence captivate you . there be actor and actresses that you will watch any movie they be in . she be one of the handful . the support cast be terrific as well . however and this movie be all crawford . most of her movie have slip into relative obscurity today . it unfortunate and because she be on the same level a katharine hepburn and bette davis . the problem with joan be that she never appear in a legendary movie . every star from that era have a movie which make legend . hepburn have the philadelphia story and and davis have all about eve . mildred pierce be a great movie in my opinion and however and it not highly regard like the other classic . enjoy this movie for superb acting and a lesson in why warmth and honesty should never be neglect .