A Star Is Born
2,711
Drama. Romance. Musical
Norman Maine, a movie star whose career is on the wane, meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he drunkenly stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops, then blossoms into romance before tensions increase as Esther's career takes off while Norman's continues to plummet.
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United States | The Hollywood Reporter | "This is a picture that's worth seeing over and over again" | POS |
United States | The New Yorker | "Grandiose, emotionally charged musical version of the 1937 tear-jerker" | POS |
United States | Variety | "A Star Is Born was a great 1937 moneymaker and it's an even greater picture in its filmusical transmutation." | POS |
United States | TV Guide | "Judy Garland is at her peak, pulling out all the stops, daring the gods in this dark, weighty fable of the price one pays to be at the top" | POS |
United States | The New York Times | "One of the grandest heartbreak dramas that has drenched the screen in years." | POS |
United States | Chicago Tribune | "Judy Garland gives everything she has as the young star on the way up; her performance is an emotional autobiography." | POS |
United Kingdom | Radio Times | "One of the superlative melodramas in Hollywood's history, and it contains the greatest ever performance by Judy Garland" | POS |
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