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BiographyDocumentaryMusic

Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection

BiographyDocumentaryMusic

Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection

2023 · 99 min · English

Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection (2023) is a solid-tier movie on goodrecmovies, rated 8.3/10 on IMDb from 158 votes. Updated 2026-10-27

59.3GRM score

★ 8.3IMDb · 158

Following Karen Carpenter's meteoric climb to stardom in the 1970s and the little-known anorexia nervosa diagnosis that resulted in her untimely death.

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