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Overrated and overhyped

Fantastic!

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The success in the life has a heavy price to pay,it's has been happening so many times,yesterday,today and forever,The Rose show exactly how it works, Bette Midler has a very convincing acting as dying singer,who needs a break to put your head on ordinary life,but a never ending of agreements for money put everything to loose...including a own soul and life...this movie is a bitter criticism of an entire generation of fame end up a dead end!!! However the movie has minor mistake in the beginning when Rose already famous sings in small venues...Resume:First watch: 1985 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7

The first thing I had to do when I hit the IMDb board for this picture was to check the Award nominations for Bette Midler. Sally Field was pretty good in "Norma Rae" that year, but man, Midler's performance here was out and out classic. The comparisons to the life and times of Janis Joplin are pretty obvious if you lived through the era, and my preference would have been for an outright telling of the Joplin story as she remains to this day my favorite female vocalist. Even so, Midler evokes the spirit of Joplin in her tortured portrayal, a woman desperately looking for love but never quite finding it or coming to terms with the limitations of a life on the road that legislates against it. Instead she turns to alcohol, drugs and the next fling hoping that somewhere in all the turmoil a miracle blossoms from the maelstrom. Interestingly, no Joplin songs are part of the film, though a number of them parallel the kinds of songs that Bette Midler performed with heart wrenching emotion. The closest was 'Stay With Me, Baby', reminiscent of Joplin ballads like 'Maybe', 'Little Girl Blue', 'Cry Baby' and 'A Woman Left Lonely'. Oddly, this is the only movie in which I've seem Midler perform, as her real life persona has a tendency to rub me the wrong way whenever I've seen her on a late night talk show or in a similar venue. But here she WAS 'The Rose', and she was absolutely stunning.

First-rate rock'n'roll road film.When I saw it in the theaters the year it was released I was a. totally impressed by it as a film and b. totally sympathetic with Rose.I have to say though that 10 years later as a manager and agent for musicians (not rock'n'roll and certainly not on the scale presented in the film) I had a whole new appreciation for people who possessed one undeniable talent yet made life hell for those who worked to help them make a living at it! Having managed one very popular high-end Irish booze-hungry performer who showed up when he felt like it ("I know when the sound check should be") and also felt free to book conflicting dates on his own when he felt the money would be better -- AFTER a contract had been signed! -- I felt huge sympathy for Rudge Campbell. Yes he might have been a little too money hungry but by god he was right when he "fired" her... once the contract is signed it's too late to change your mind.Bottom line though is that this is a fine film and a very accurate record of how an unstable performer can run herself into the ground.

"The Rose" -which they say was inspired by Joplin's life- has stood the test of time quite well;the main reason is Bette Middler's sensational performance .She has not still yet found another part as rewarding as Rose .Full of strong scenes and of extraordinary renditions (the title track and "when a man loves a woman" particularly),it grabs you till the last picture (a light which goes out).The scene in the gay nightclub where another Rose,"Diana Ross" and "Barbra Streisand" join the singer for a song is almost scary.So is that scene when a respectable country singer -Rose covered one of his songs - treats the poor girl like dirt ,this man must be a saint or else he is a hypocrite:could you imagine ,say,Kris Kristofferson blaming Janis Joplin for covering "Me and Bobby McGee " ,a tune she took to number one ? With fine support from Alan Bates as the evil manager and Frederick Forrest as the big hearted deserter,"the rose" still remains one of the best film about the cruel thankless world of rock.It avoids the mistakes of movies dealing with true stars (Ray Manzarek did not think much of "the Doors" ).