sharyntad

After having read Diana Barrymore's biog "Too Much Too Soon, and seeing this movie, I have definitely come to the conclusion that Ms Barrymore, lacked any kind of "drive" as an actor. She is "adequate", at best. Throughout her career as an actress, whatever she did, be it stage or screen, was for the money, never for love of acting. I do not fault her parents at all. She was a spoiled brat, born with a silver spoon in her mouth, who had PLENTY of opportunities come her way. Despite her uncontrollable alcoholism, she was given many, many chances to succeed as an actress (stage, movies, TV, even burlesque) and blew them ALL away. She was difficult, undependable, excessive, self-destructive, accustomed to being bailed out of her own messes, and never developed a talent for acting, period. It was the family "name" that opened doors for her, not her talent (or lack of). The public, back then, just wanted that Barrymore legacy to continue, especially after John Barrymore's death. I wholeheartedly DOUBT she would have developed into a "star" of any caliber, no matter what her parents did or didn't do. From a child to woman, she didn't know what she wanted. And when she DID get what she wanted, she got bored & just made it very difficult for everyone around her. Nix to Diana Barrymore movies.