The Star fingerprintBig heart.
Calm and low-key
Heartwarming and uplifting
Much of it is about family.
Some slapstick and situational comedy
Not a comedy at heart.
Faith and meaning, history, and family
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
The Star is calm and low-intensity.
Heartwarming and uplifting
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's heartwarming, uplifting, and cathartic. Much of it is about family.
Some slapstick and situational comedy
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some slapstick and situational comedy.
Faith and meaning, history, and family
Its world is built around faith and meaning, history, and family.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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The Star is included with a subscription to Netflix in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 55/100 (IMDb 6.3, Rotten Tomatoes 46%, and Metacritic 42). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG in the United States.
1 h 26 min
The Star runs 1 h 26 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Not quite. Audiences rate The Star higher (65) than critics (44). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $10 million to make and earned $64 million worldwide, 6.4 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+93GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Star in 107 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 16 storytelling tropes for The Star, including As Herself, The Big Damn Kiss, White-Dwarf Starlet.
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