The Rose
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Movie Reviews of The Rose
Movie Review: Midler dazzles.
Summary: 3 Stars
The Rose starring Bette Midler in her feature film debut is a good film but not brilliant. Midler is the best thing in this film, The Rose is loosely-based on the life on Janis Joplin. Midler gives an intense and courageous performance. That beautiful song, The Rose still gives me chills, amazing! The ending is so sudden and sad, if you are a die-hard Bette fan then give this musical/drama a run through, enjoy!Movie Review: Bette Midler shines - but the movie could be better!
Summary: 2 Stars
Described as, "loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin," The Rose would be much more entertaining if the film makers had gotten the rights to Joplins songs. Bette Midler does an incredible job of re-creating a life of turmoil through the eyes of a sixties rock diva. An exhausted, burned out alcoholic who begs her promoter/manager (played by Alan Bates,) to give her a year off to rest, "The Rose," is on the path of destruction. When she hooks up with an AWOL Vietnam War Veteran, you find yourself hoping he can calm her down enough to save her, but of course, you know that won't happen.
Much of the movie is actual concert footage of Midler singing her heart out, doing "Janis Joplin like," tunes, but again, this movie misses something by not using the real stuff. And, as well as Midler belts out the songs, she sounds like Bette Midler singing 60's rock anthems and bluesy ballads; she doesn't sound like Janis Joplin at all. Of course, Bette Midler doesn't look anything like Joplin, either. Midler is a red-headed Jewish girl and Joplin was a bushy haired brunette from Port Charles, LA. So, there are no physical similarities whatsoever between the real Janis Joplin and "The Rose."
The movie is somewhat dated by now, and I for one would like to see a newer, more accurate version being released for todays audiences.
Movie Review: Another one...
Summary: 1 Stars
... to pollute your garbage (shortage is not coming).
If you want 'when a man wants a woman', you first have to make sure 'he' s a man and 'she's a woman. From what I saw (and heard) before this was put where it belonged (in the garbage), i'm not quite sure this had anything related to Janis joplin (if it is, i'm very sorry for her). If it had, i'm sure that everyone involved with this crap wanted every viewer despising her.
Movie Review: awful movie
Summary: 1 Stars
Movie was not what I had hoped it would be. I really like Bette Midler but she was horrible in this film. Wish I hadn't wasted my money but, "you never know".Only good song was "The Rose".Glad she's improved her acting over time.Disliked the story ,too.I'm no movie critic but hey, "thumbs down" on this one.The RoseMovie Review: Horrible
Summary: 1 Stars
Hard to believe this mess was so highly regarded back in the 70s when it first appeared. Midler is very unattractive by today's standards and the plot here, such as it is, is very standard fare. Modeled on the Janis Joplin story, it completely misses the mark, and the music isn't even close to anything Joplin herself did. Interesting as a period piece that has not held up.