What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991)

Name: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991)
Duration: 1 h 33 min

1hr 33m

3.0/5 (328)

1hr 33m
3.0/5 (328)

An elderly, bedridden former movie star is "cared for" by her sister, who hates her and keeps her a virtual prisoner in the family mansion. More Details »

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Director:

David Greene

Producer:

Barry Bernardi

Writer:

Henry Farrell, Brian Taggert

Release Date:

Feb 17, 1991

Runtime:

1hr 33m

Synopsis

An elderly, bedridden former movie star is "cared for" by her sister, who hates her and keeps her a virtual prisoner in the family mansion.

Cast

Vanessa Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave
Bruce A. Young
Amy Steel
John Scott Clough
John Glover
Samantha Ryan
Erinn Canavan
J. Michael Flynn
Alexandra Johnson

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3.0

Sep 10, 2019

As a huge fan of the 1962 original starring film icons Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, I must admit that I have always been curious about this universally reviled made-for-TV remake. Did this updated version need to happen? Not really. Does it deserve to be scorned the way…

37 Likes

Seannie Darko

Jun 23, 2024

Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning better remake this in 30 years.

33 Likes

AntisocialBoy

Nov 21, 2023

Absolutely obsessed by how it builds on and subverts the original. It's a sleazier and dirtier version set in a sleazier and dirtier world. The queer sensibility becomes overt exploitation. Old Hollywood glamour becomes L.A. streets flooded with prostitutes. This is how you…

32 Likes

jorgemol
Feb 8, 2022

You mean, all these years, we could have been friends? I'm completely obsessed with this casting – the fact that the film itself doesn't measure up to either Lynn or Vanessa Redgrave's talents didn't stop me from being enthralled by it. Soapy and deranged, Vanessa on a…

27 Likes

Cate

Jan 4, 2021

An extremely effective updating of a chilling story, this remake grounds the camp of the original in more realistic moderation while still clearly aware of its largely gay audience. The Redgrave sisters take these characters to totally different places and play off of each…

18 Likes

Michael Shawn

Nov 28, 2025

Legitimately a good version of this story. Helps that you've got actual sisters playing sisters, instead of two actresses who infamously didn't get along to say the least. There is that 90s movie caveat though. If you're a purist for the original better prepare yourself…

11 Likes

Carlo Vanstiphout
Jul 5, 2025

some choices were definitely made here!

12 Likes

•°☽Ash☾°•

Jun 28, 2025

The time has come…..for you to lip-sync……for your LIFE!

11 Likes

el⋆❦˚｡⋆

Apr 8, 2022

Fascinating take on the infamous Baby Jane tale that transports the story to the early 90s, a world where old Hollywood is glamourized by gays and drag queens, where Jane tries to find her old movies in a video store, sure it's not as good as the original but it does enough…

12 Likes

Keenan Tamblyn