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User Comments for: A Star Is Born

soonertbone says...
7 months ago
Oh god, Judy Garland gives an all-timer of a performance. The vulnerability she displays throughout is like an electric current; my heart just feels zapped watching her. She's got a twitchy, naturalistic style that reminds me of some of my favorite Fontaine performances. That she didn't win the Oscar here is just heartbreaking.

The rest of the movie around her, though, I found to be so-so. Cukor doesn't seem to know whether he's making a melodrama or a musical, which leads to some overly long musical sequences that throw off the pacing (and bloat the run time.) The numbers are good (and there are some standouts, like "Swanee" that runs for over 15 minutes) and Judy is amazing--they just take away from the drama of the core relationship that feels like the heart of the film to me.
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