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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuChronicling a strong, but eccentric woman's devoted relationship to her daughter through the years.Chronicling a strong, but eccentric woman's devoted relationship to her daughter through the years.Chronicling a strong, but eccentric woman's devoted relationship to her daughter through the years.
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WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesThe DVD jacket shows Bette Midler images when she played CC Bloom from the 1988 film "Beaches."
- PatzerWhen Ed leaves Stella's in a huff on Christmas Eve, he slams the front door and the wreath falls off. However, when Stella says goodbye to Jenny, the wreath is hanging up again.
- Zitate
Stella Claire: I read them women's magazines, you know? The ones that tell you how to get a better life. They say, "Go in a new direction." I wanna say, "Where's the door? I'll go but where's the goddamn door?"
Ausgewählte Rezension
The Divine Miss M bites the dust.
I can sympathise with Bette Midler's desire to extend her range, especially following her personal triumph in "Beaches". Throughout "Stella" she bears evidence of a thinking, intelligent actress, and she has my profound admiration for that. But good intentions do not make for a good movie, nor indeed for a good performance. As the redoubtable Stella Dallas - so memorably played by Barbara Stanwyck in 1937 - Midler gives an hysterically over detailed performance. Straining pathetically for heart throbs, she makes herself look more than a little ridiculous - and for a woman who started her career singing in a gay bath house, that's saying something.
But whilst I can't see the film as more than the standard mother-love soap opera, its good to see an actress daring to hang herself in public. Her performance doesn't really work, but the effort in itself is fascinating, and at times she comes so close to making us believe in the film.
With a stronger director and a better script this might have been something special. But Midler has had to carry it alone, and that's simply no way to treat the Divine one.
But whilst I can't see the film as more than the standard mother-love soap opera, its good to see an actress daring to hang herself in public. Her performance doesn't really work, but the effort in itself is fascinating, and at times she comes so close to making us believe in the film.
With a stronger director and a better script this might have been something special. But Midler has had to carry it alone, and that's simply no way to treat the Divine one.
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- Jamie-58
- 5. Aug. 1999
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Box Office
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 20.240.128 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 4.311.656 $
- 4. Feb. 1990
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 20.240.128 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 49 Minuten
- Farbe
- Sound-Mix
- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.85 : 1
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