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I can relate
I read a review on this site where the reviewer - obviously a man - said that the entire film is dedicated to the characters telling Barbra Streisand she's beautiful. Spoken like someone who has never felt - or been told - they are ugly, only to realize later in life that they're beautiful after all, even if just to one person. That's the premise: what is beauty, after all? Does inner beauty trump the external? (Goodness, we hope so!) How much does physical appearance matter? What is the nature of attraction? How can sex mess up a perfectly great relationship? The dialogue isn't a barrage of people telling Barbra she's beautiful at all. She looks in the mirror, trying to think of herself as beautiful, and fails. This is something that echoes the literary classic Jane Eyre (the book) that I relate strongly to. How many of us have looked in the mirror and seen only the flaws? I love this film. It makes me think about these issues. In a world where Paris Hilton makes headlines on less than zero merit, the questions this film asks are as relevant as they were when the film was made. And let's face it, we ALL want to dance in the street with Jeff Bridges! NOTE: Finding this film in widescreen format is a Herculean feat. In fact, amazon accidentally sent me the wrong disc to begin with, and I had to exchange it. (The guy who said that the film was all about Barbra Streisand's ego was also wrong about the DVD containing both formats: it does not.) If you're cool with pan-n-scan, the full screen might do for you, but if you're like me and want your movies in their true original format, make sure you are getting the widescreen.

Fun even if you're not a Streistand fan
This is kind of like a Howard Hawkes movie. You'll enjoy it more if you spend less time worrying about how the story unfolds and instead just delight in the performances of the actors. Lauren Bacall is such a treat. Streistand playing against Bacall, Brosnan, Rogers, Vaccaro and Segal is fun stuff. Unfortunately, Jeff Bridges is in completely over his head. He's awful (but then he always is). The fact that there's no real chemistry between him and Streistand probably goes unnoticed by most people because some might think his character is not supposed to be physically attracted to Streistand's Rose. But in reality it really hurts the move because there's no simmer between the two. The ending is really killed by the lack of chemistry. Bridges looks as if he's being forced to kiss an aunt with a mustache and Streistand appears to be replused by his presence. <
>I guess like Hawkes, Streistand doesn't like to reuse a pretty face. That's too bad because just about any of her previous leading men would have improved this otherwise very goood movie.