![]() She brays and bullies from the onset, showing no emotional colors whatsoever in a performance bereft of weakness, vulnerability and, as a result, sympathy. ![]() Streisand the struggling artist? She plays Barbra the hard-assed star from the very first scene, lacking the courage or ability to immerse herself into a fully-realized character. The rags-to-riches story of Esther Hoffman Howard ain't believable for one second. and it is only one of many fundamental mistakes this movie makes. This third version (actually fourth, if you include 1932's "What Price Hollywood" starring Constance Bennett and Lowell Sherman) stalls early in the game by transposing the dramatic setting of Hollywood movie-making to the brash, uncouth pop/rock music scene. Could Streisand put her own indelible mark on this material as well and reestablish herself as a triple-threat performer? Nope. Janet Gaynor and Judy Garland were superlative in their creations of the classic tale of the Hollywood couple - one star on the rise, the other on the skids. It seemed the perfect star vehicle for Barbra Streisand and she hadn't had a hit for almost three years ("The Way We Were"). ![]() ![]() The anticipation for this musical film was huge.
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