"Maclean's" magazine's Barbara Wickens wrote, "Cher has emerged as probably the most fascinating movie star of her generation ... she has managed to be at once boldly shocking and ultimately enigmatic." "New York Post" movie critic David Edelstein attributes Cher's "top-ranking star quality" to her ability of projecting "honesty, rawness and emotionality. She wears her vulnerability on her sleeve." Jeff Yarbrough of "The Advocate" wrote that Cher was "one of the first superstars to 'play gay' with compassion and without a hint of stereotyping", as she portrays a lesbian in the 1983 film "Silkwood".