Better than expected

Rating: 6/10 (31 January 2019)

With how much hype this movie received I had a low bar, and I was happily surprised. I still don't think it's as good as everyone says but it's better than many other over-hyped movies. Lady Gaga was fantastic! I believed her 100% in this role, which was something I was very worried about. She's been great in other roles but her other acting roles that I have seen she has played very odd characters that felt very Gaga-excentric. Ally is a very caring and normal girl, which is a side of Gaga that isn't seen as often as her fierce meat dress wearing crazy. She played the role perfectly. As for Bradley Cooper, I felt he was trying too hard to make you believe he was an addict star. I was very disappointed in that sense. It seemed almost like a joke. Maybe with all the other roles he played as part of making this film he couldn't put himself fully in playing the role more believably, and that's unfortunate.