[.ca] Stella

a true heart-rending classic:
This is an amazing movie that will keep you spellbound...seriously!!! If you have a heart, there is no way you won't be moved by this movie. It incorporates all the faces of Bette Midler as the protagonist; she is hilarious despite her loneliness, proud and yet humble, and selfish and yet so giving! Watch this movie!!! Trini Alvarado also gives a great performance!!!

OUR FAMILY'S FAVORITE!:
This is one of our family's favorite movie. It's sad and funny and it just has always been there as a reminder of parent's love. Being two sisters we ove how the father always reminds his daughter that his shoulder to cry on is what she needs. Great acting! Highly recommended!

I love Stella:
I have watched this movie so frequently that my video tape of it is practically disintegrated. The picture jumps all over the place and the sound drops out but that doesn't matter because I know all the dialogue by heart anyway. There are so many phrases I got from this movie that I still throw around. What great and fun dialogue! Next to Midler the only person who was more fun to watch was John Goodman. Just a hoot! As for the negative Jan. 2002 review regarding the ending of this movie, well. . . I do believe he/she missed the point.

Excellent acting!:
Midler should have at least been nominated for an Academy Award for this one. She is so pure and true in every scene, especially when she takes the Ding Dongs off of her eyes at her daughters birthday party.

Bette Midler shines as Stella:
STELLA stars Bette Midler. It's a touching movie about the bond between mother and daughter. After a fling with a doctor, she becomes pregnant, and refuses to accept any charity from him. As Jenny (her daughter) gets older, she allows her to have a relationship with her father. Stella and Jenny share special bond, and there is laughter and tears along the way. When Jenny becomes a teenager, and closer to her dad, Stella realizes she can't provide the life for Jenny that her father could, so she sends her off. I thought the ending of the movie was very sad, maybe not intended but I thought it was. Lots of laughs in between the tears.