Review of Star 80 (1983) by Marina G — 23 Jan 2010

Here is the deal: If you can handle the last 13 minutes of this film, you will realize that you're seeing one of the best performances of an actor's life. There were very few peers to Eric Roberts in the 80's who could even hold a candle to his talent and this film proves that, but you have to make it all the way through this film.

..and that's hard to do. This is Bob Fosse's last film and by god it is one of his best...right up there with All That Jazz. There is nothing left bare here especially not the venal instincts of every single man that loved Dorothy Stratten.

Mariel Hemingway gets very little credit for her excellent performance in this film, but I'll give it to her. I actually love this biopic because it is not an exploitation of women as most claim it to be, it is actually a condemnation of men and their baser desires.

..such as possession and control of women. Okay, I'm getting deepish now. I'll stop.