Review of A Star Is Born (1976) by Dawdlingpoet — 28 Nov 2021

I found this film a bit cold to start with, in as much as I couldn't quite figure out what the initial plot was supposed to be. Its very music centric, with the first scene being a concert performance and given there was no dialogue between the characters, I'd like to think its perfectly reasonable to be a bit confused.

I felt the plot became a bit more clear and a bit more credible after a while - ok, perhaps credible isnt quite the best term but I felt interested enough in what would become of the washed out singer/performer and the young hopeful, to keep watching. There are some certainly entertaining musical numbers provided by Streisand and some interesting draam centric scenes but I wouldn't say its the kind of film that really kept me glued to the screen and desperate to find out what happened. Its a fairly enjoyable watch, its not awful, although there are certainly some cliches present in the script, as well as the obvious cheesiness but then if you watch a film such as this, the target audience possibly hopes/expects it, to an extent. I admit I struggled to feel particularly sorry for the down-and-out'er (played by Kris Kristofferson).

Overall I felt this was an ok watch - not especially good and certainly not great, it didn't strike me as having a great deal of substance, which is what I didn't like but if you can hang around for the first 40 minutes or so, it does get a bit better compared to the start and is an alright watch, so I'm going for a 5 out of 10 rating overall.