A Star is Born is an absolutely fantastic film that portrayed the many faces of love. Of course the love that stands out is that of Ester/Vicki and Norman but there are many different loves within their relationship. There is Vicki's love for her career, Norman's love of alcohol and attention. Also of course there is the immediate infatuation they have with one another that one could only explain as love at first sight, but the love that stands out the most is the unconditional love they have for one another. Vicki knew Norman deeper than anyone else, she was able to see through the drinking and the public embarrassment because she truly loved him for the person he was. Norman loved Vicki the same but where he was different was that he longed for his first love which was his career, when he lost that the love for alcohol grew stronger but never stronger than his love for Vicki. In the end they both did what their love was telling them to do. Vicki was going to quit acting to be there for Norman and to bring back the man that he was not just a shell of. Norman on the other hand was willing to give up everything for Vicki to be happy, he in his lowest moments of his life felt that the only way for him to insure her happiness was for him to be gone from her life permanently. In the end they both made sacrifices for love, although it may seem that Norman paid the ultimate price it was really Vicki who did. Without him she was broken emotionally, the only way in which she could recover was to reintroduce herself as Mrs. Norman Maine and with that for the first time in a long time people had respect for his name again which is all they both wanted.
Review of A Star Is Born
