This movie is rather remarkable! I can't think of another time when two people played themselves in a biopic to such effect. I'm sure it's happened, but I'm not aware of it.

It's amazing that Joan and Melissa were able to pull this off! It had to hurt, and it couldn't have been easy, but they did a very good job. I almost feel guilty for liking this, since it's a true story, but it plays like a sudsy 1980s melodrama a la Dynasty or something! There is a glamour to it, thanks to the grandiose nature of its star, Joan Rivers, and I appreciate this movie as a nice and bittersweet melodrama. I love it for that! I'm just sorry for them that it's true.

Good movie for anyone who likes "woman's pictures" as they used to say in old Hollywood. Minus some of the crude jokes from Rivers, I could totally see fellow Joan i.e. Crawford starring in this!

And on another note, I was again reminded by this movie, just how much warmer, more genuine, and weighty TV movies from back in the day were compared to now- when they seem so fake and amateur. That is yet another reason to love this movie.