A Wonder

Rating: 10/10 (24 October 2018)

A Star is Born is smartly written, superbly acted, and spectacularly directed. With its realistic dialog, (at times characters talking over each other and asking "What?") one can't help but suspend disbelief. Jack and Ally are characters who reflect real human beings--talented, resigned, hopeful, struggling, in love, infinitely complicated. Every song is a balm to the pain and yet a celebration of love. This is a sound track that can only be described as magical. Profoundly moving, inspiring, and wrenchingly sad. Every bit of everything real life is. Precisely what the best of art should offer.