Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest

Bette Midler plays a Janis Joplin-like singer overwhelmed by stardom and its excesses. Mark Rydell (On Golden Pond) directs what is a kind of hybrid showcase for Midler's concert talents and a ...( read more  read more... )standard pop biopic, with the usual rhythms of desire, success, betrayal, failure, and such. Alan Bates is the best thing about the movie as the Rose's ruthless manager, and Harry Dean Stanton and Frederic Forrest add some interesting seasoning. But as a whole, the film can't rise above its mixed purposes or clichés. --Tom Keogh

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R, 134 min.

Directed by: Mark Rydell

Release Date: November 7, 1979

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DVD Release Date: August 19, 2003

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  • January 18, 2009
    This one has lost a little of it's allure down through the years but it's still a powerful performance from Bette Midler.
  • February 9, 2006
    Bette Midler's best performance.
  • October 22, 2009
    the tale an exhausted rock star who struggles with the constant pressures and the on going demands of her career as she turns to drugs, alcohol and a lover to try and cope with her hectic life. the film has been rumored to have been based loosely on the life of legendary rocker, ...( read more)Janis Joplin.

    good story, with a powerful performance by Bette Midler. my favorite of hers to date. much love for the Divine Miss M. ♥

    ** review to be continued **
  • September 23, 2009
    Possibly her best ever performance...
  • August 25, 2009
    You laugh, you cry. It's excellent.
  • July 30, 2009
    Bette Midler was MADE for this role. Loosely based on Janis Joplin, the Divine Miss M storms through this musical drama. Even after so long (1979) this film is still very pwerful. Great music too.
  • June 28, 2009
    Bette plays a loose interpretation of janis Joplin returning home now that she has fame and fortune. She is a tarnished star at best. She is so lonely she doesn't know where to find any happiness. I think that her portrayal of Janis was too real for my comfort. I still mourn that...( read more) blues singing gal.
  • June 20, 2009
    Love anything that is about Janis Joplin or at least a loose adaptation of her. This movie showed the conflicts of her life and the way she was treated my others.
  • June 1, 2009
    Muy buena! excepcional actuacion
  • April 25, 2009
    bette midler in her best performance in a movie in my opinion!

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