I think Margo is nuts ...

It was the most interesting part of the whole movie. It was like grey gardens. or the simpsons cat lady.

I was watching Best Worst Movie today for the 1st time and I get the Grey Gardens reference. They were shut-ins and so is she and her mom. Creepy as hell and because of her distance from people, she, has also learned to reject people in general and reality with it. She definitely gave me the creeps!

The whole margo scene was just extremely creepy, and probably the most interesting part of the movie. If I ever directed a movie and needed a scene for "crazy cat lady", she would definitely be the first person I call.

Even on screen there was just an air about her, that she was just a shell of her former self. I'm sure her life has been completely dominated, and destroyed by her mother, and that her attempt at acting in Troll 2 was a way to try and break free from her.

The last time we saw her, and she was saying she just wanted to get away, I got the feeling she was referring to her mother dieing, so that she could finally begin to live her life.

I think that's an unkind way to put it --that she's nuts. I don't know why the filmmaker didn't give a clearer picture of what is going on with Margo. If she is taking care of her mother with no help then she's probably emotionally burned out.

I think it's something else besides that. She looked really good. She's obviously been taking care of herself. I think she, at the very least, is getting some kind of filler injections since she had few wrinkles. Her personality reminded me of Christine Baranski in Bowfinger.

I thought the sign in front of her house was due to fans bothering her too much? Neither of the men seemed interested in trying to help her. I hope they were just trying to protect the nature of her problems.

I saw BWM last night, finally came in from Netflix, and my thoughts and feelings about Margo's appearance is mirrored in this thread and the others offer proof that I was not and am not alone in being a little unsettled by Margo.

I'm not a psychologist or a mental health professional but I would venture to say that I think Margo believes her own delusion, that some day a well-known and powerful Hollywood agent will come to her house, perform the forbidden knock on the door, and offer Margo the role of a life-time. I honestly think she believes that delusion and is waiting for it to happen or the chance to go back into acting.

But when you have an elderly parent who lives with you and probably requires a lot of care the possibility of regaining an acting career is slim to none.

Has Margo lost it? I would say that it's very likely and she simply can no longer see the difference between reality and fantasy.

Sad, yes, and unsettling for sure.

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reading this I thought she was going to be full out crazy...but she really just seemed a little kooky. More likely shes just worn out from taking care of her mother...probably also suffers from agoraphobia.

And she looked ridiculously healthy. Her skin was so firm and wrinkle-free lol

I think calling her "nuts" is an unfair blanket statement.
I think she's got some issues to deal with, like many (most?) people do, and like anyone else has good days and bad days.
Everyone has problems come up, and has some times when they are "low", and then hopefully they bounce back and normalize.
"Nuts" is when you don't come back and normalize.
I just think it's unfair to judge her on one interview.

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