This is trash but it's hilarious trash w/ Bette giving one of her worst performances but it can be enjoyed for its camp value. Bette has several scream fest scenes that alone make the film a hoot & her drunken drive through town with her Oscar in hand is classic camp. Bette is a great actress but many actresses give horrible performances @ some point in their careers. The Star ranks (& I do use the word rank intentionally) as one of her worst. The screen test scene where she gives a ridiculous terrible performance is no different from her performance in the entire movie. Perhaps her decision to mock her nemesis Joan Crawford came back to bite her in her derrière. Sometimes revenge can end up a boomerang. Grab the popcorn, add extra butter & prepare to watch an unbelievably unintentional comedy of the highest order. That is if you are clever enough to appreciate camp.
