Diamonds to Dust A film about Legend Jayne Mansfield

This doesn't deserve a review, it shouldn't even be listed here.

I've seen more interesting "movies" made by junior high kids using a cellphone.

A bunch of people who couldn't break into community theater spewing improvised nonsense peppered with a random old and long debunked box of rumors and myths.

Junk.

This movie is a travesty to Jayne's memory and to her children, especially her actress daughter Mariska Hargitay, best known as Olivia Benson on the long-running crime drama Law & Order: SVU. First, the actress playing her doesn't look like Jayne. This movie is more soft-core porn trash than the story of Jayne's final years. Secondly, it focuses more on her decline with drugs, alcohol, and toxic relationships as she becomes more obsessed with holding on to her fading fame, which takes a toll on her children, particularly her eldest daughter, Jayne Marie, instead of her inner struggles as another Hollywood casualty. Hopefully Mariska's new documentary on her mother will show a much more truthful side.

While the film isn't of high production value, you can definitely tell that a lot of effort was made to make use of what was available. This movie definitely has 'cult classic' potential, right up there with John Waters if he were to make a bio. There's quite a bit of bad reviews for this which surprises me- the film may not be perfect, but I would think that anyone interested in Jayne would also be a fan of older movies/biopsy with lower production values/ beginning actors. Definitely a truer look into a stars life than the glossed-over versions that stay away from anything negative. Recommended.

This is a very observant and honest look at one of Hollywood's biggest bombshells. It is also a very interesting Biopic. One in which you see the parallels with Hollywood's premier bombshell: Marylin Monroe(life spiraling out of controls, the pill popping, a tragic short life, etc...). It was amazing to me how the filmmakers were able to create such a period film with all the props, locations, cars and wardrobe in spite of all the budget limitations and constrains of an indie film. I didn't know how interesting - and sometimes disturbing - Jayne Mansfield's life story was, but now that I've seen this film I can honestly say that her life story was worthy of a Movie. Hailey Heisick as Jayne Mansfield is terrific! Highly recommend this film!

Bios are my favourite movie genre. I'd already seen the movie with Loni and Arnold many years ago, and while it was a bit glib and made-forTV-ish, at least the acting was ok. The acting in this makeshift movie is almost comical. It's so bad. I think the awfully-written dialogue probably doesn't help, either. The argument scene at the coroner's office has got to be the worst scene I've ever seen. I gave this movie a 3. I was being generous. Yikes.