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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303354743 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6303354742 Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: May 14, 1996 Running Time: 125 minutes Sales Rank: 11556 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: November 07, 1979
Amazon.com essential video: Bette Midler plays a Janis Joplin-like singer overwhelmed by stardom and its excesses. Mark Rydell (On Golden Pond) directs what is a kind of hybrid showcase for Midler's concert talents and a standard pop biopic, with the usual rhythms of desire, success, betrayal, failure, and such. Alan Bates is the best thing about the movie as the Rose's ruthless manager, and Harry Dean Stanton and Frederic Forrest add some interesting seasoning. But as a whole, the film can't rise above its mixed purposes or clichés. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Extra Special
I was extremely pleased with this choice of Bette Midler's work. She performed well in this role!
Rating: - THE ROSE
SERVICE WAS FAST . DVD WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION . THIS DVD IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE VHS TAPE WHICH I ALSO HAD .
Rating: - Bette's Movie
"The Rose" belongs to Bette Midler, no doubt about it, although I found the performances by all the actors to be quite believable and spot on. Throwing all of herself into this role, Bette Midler must have been exhausted at the end of shooting. It was exhausting just watching her character unravel. I have an insight and I may be wrong, as I am no psychiatrist, but I feel strongly that Mary Rose suffered from borderline personality disorder; she showed all the symptoms: fear of abandonment, alcohol/drug abuse & addiction, impulsive rage, impulsive sexual liasions, self-loathing, striking out ... Read More
Rating: - Not described correctly
Not described as "full" or "wide" screen on line. 2 copies I purchased were "wide" screen and I returned them very unhappy as I really wanted the movie and 1 for a gift.
Rating: - The Rose
"The Rose" is a fabulous movie, especially if you remember the 60's and Janis Joplin. Bette Midler did her best acting in this film, portraying an unhappy rock star who just wants to be loved. I've loved this film since it first came out..... I own it on VHS, now I own it on DVD, and if some other media comes out in the future, I'll probably buy it on that, too! It's a classic that I never tire of watching.
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