The Star
Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: December 11, 1952 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
3
Negative:
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88
Chicago TribuneLouis R. Carlozo
Stuart Heisler's fascinating (but not biographical) backstage Hollywood drama about a fading Oscar-winning actress, co-starring Sterling Hayden and Natalie Wood. [19 Jul 2005, p.C3]
70
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
Even though redundant and familiar, as this performance inevitably is, with its obviously patterned reproduction of a caustic and vanity-ridden dame, Miss Davis still makes it sizzle with stinging sarcasm and feminine fire, so that it gives the illusion of emerging as a shaft of withering light from Hollywood. Read full review
60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
A strong performance by Bette Davis, in a tailor-made role, gives a lift to The Star that it might not have had otherwise. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
THE STAR would have been a much better film if all its loose ends had been gathered. As it is, the ending is too curt and too convenient to bring the tale to a close with a ring of truth. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineDan Callahan
A threadbare, bargain-basement Sunset Boulevard, The Star features Bette Davis as Margaret Elliot, a washed-up actress hellbent on continuing her movie career. Read full review
30
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Very bad...Davis throws her weight around but comes through in only a few scenes.
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