Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay

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1hr 37min
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2002
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Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Synopsis: In this broadly satirical TV biopic, Shirley MacLaine pulls out all the stops as legendary cosmetics queen Mary Kay Ash. In Citizen Kane fashion, Mary Kay relates her rise to the top of the home-beauty industry to an inquiring reporter (Rachel Crawford), never allowing an opportunity pass to emphasize how many doors she has opened for the working women of America. Ultimately, however, Mary Kay's predominance is threatened by a much younger (and shriller) rival, Jinger Heath (Parker Posey), whose ... Full Synopsis
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Very much a piece with the similarly irreverent movies-of-the-week When Billie Beat Bobby and Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company, this warts-and-all period biopic of cosmetics queen Mary Kay takes a minor moment in pop culture history and elevates it to the level of broad, affectionate satire. If anything, Hell on Heels indulges in too much vamp-camp: The wild zooms, fractured-screen ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Mary Kay Ash
Jinger Heath
Lexi Wilcox
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Parker Posey (left), Shirley MacLaine (center) and Shannen Doherty (right) pose for photos during...
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