Captivating Oscar Magnet

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 2018)

A Star Is Born is an Oscar magnet without wanting to be. In most Oscar nominated films, the films seem to try to check the "Oscar nominee" boxes instead of focusing on what matters: the rawness of it. These movies try to check the "race" box, the "gender bias" box, the "stir your soul" box, the "hopeless romance" box, all reaching for that Oscar. This movie is seemlessly innocent and raw, wanting nothing more than to tell its story.
Bradley Cooper, the lead actor and sole director, tells this story in the most raw way possible. This movie feels so real. The conversations stumble, yet flow with ease. The romance shows that you don't always know why you love someone. This is Bradley Cooper's first directing role and my god did he deliver. From the cinematic moments that you will remember forever, to the small moments that pulled us in, this movie has it all.
Lady Gaga, the queen of everything, is what caught my attention when I first saw the trailer for this movie. I'm a huge fan of hers. I had literally no clue what this movie was about. None. All I saw was the trailer of her singing "Shallow" and I was hooked. Normally I research movies before I see them, sometimes even spoiling them for myself because im stupid, but this one I had no idea.
This was Lady Gaga's first lead role but you'd think it was her thousandth. She tells a story with her voice and captivates the audience with her outstanding acting in between. It does not feel like Bradley and Gaga are acting, it feels like we're just watching their story. That's how movies should be.
Overall, this movie has to be this the best movie I have ever seen. Just a warning though, the ending could be very upsetting to many people.