A Star Is Born
United Artists | Release Date: April 27, 1937 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
A Star is Born captures wonderfully the hustle of Hollywood. Read full review
90
The New York TimesFrank S. Nugent
The original beauty. Not as glittery as Garland-Mason but in some ways even more golden. Read full review
90
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Although not the first film which has attempted to capitalize the international reputation of Hollywood, it is unquestionably the most effective one yet made. The highly commendable results are achieved with a minimum of satiric hokum and a maximum of honest story telling. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJaime N. Christley
William Wellman’s 1937 version of this oft-told tale, of the rising starlet and the plummeting alcoholic has-been she refuses to cast aside, is usually regarded as the second-best of the lot, a few steps behind George Cukor’s 1954 remake, which has the unfair advantage of being one of the unimpeachable masterpieces of American film. Read full review
50
The New YorkerPauline Kael
The film is peculiarly masochistic and self-congratulatory.
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