Very Confused About All the Praise

Rating: 3/10 (14 January 2019)

Dreadfully dull; I thought I would like it, as I'm a lover of musicals and romantics movies; but this one dragged on and on. Bradley Cooper looked horribly sunburned throughout the whole film, and I could have gotten past that, but the story line dragged (although I was familiar with it from previous versions). Lady Gaga sang wonderfully but neither the music nor the lyrics reached the depths of my soul at all. I think the more interesting story would have been his problem drinking instead of her rise to stardom. He had whispered to her to be genuine above all else, but she still goes with all the gooey overdone make up and chorus line girls, grinding dancing that today's female pop stars like to use. There was nothing genuine about her. The whole thing was quite lame; and long and boring. How could so many critics have praised this? I'll never understand that.