A Star Is Born
Warner Bros. | Release Date: December 17, 1976 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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5
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0
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90
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
The new A Star Is Born has the rare distinction of being a superlative remake. Barbra Streisand's performance as the rising star is her finest screen work to date, while Kris Kristofferson's magnificent portrayal of her failing benefactor realizes all the promise first shown five years earlier in Cisko Pike. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChris Cabin
The film is equal parts I Will Survive and pop martyrdom, instigated by a star so enormous that she could likely bankroll the Department of Defense for the year of 1976 and still have money left over. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJean Hoelscher
The movie falls short of greatness, but it compares more than favorably not only with the usual concert film (good as a few of them are) but also with the current love stories on film. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
I enjoyed a lot of A Star Is Born. I thought Miss Streisand was distractingly miscast in the role, and yet I forgave her everything when she sang. Read full review
60
The New York TimesVincent Canby
Streisand never plays to or with the other actors. She does A Star Is Born as a solo turn. Everybody else is a back‐up musician, which is okay when she's belting out a lyric, but distinctly odd when other actors come into the same frame. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
The fourth remake of this story, this is a fairly good, though overlong, film. Read full review
50
NewsweekJanet Maslin
Streisand is so overwhelming a presence that she can probably get away indefinitely with making movies as slipshod as this one. But it would be a shame if she were content to settle for that. [10 Jan 1977, p.64]
50
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Sentimental, without being convincing for an instant.
50
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Apart from the flash new environment, this version vaunts its modernity by vulgarising everything in sight, making the characters mouthpieces for foul language and equally foul sentimentality Read full review
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