Gaga is great

Rating: 6/10 (14 November 2018)

Let's start with the positives Lady Gaga is great definitely a screen star is born and I think we will see her a talent in a lot more films to come . Her film career will far surpass that of Madonna and could see her playing Eva Peron equally as well .
One of the most important parts of a film in this age of short attention spans is the opening 5 minutes and sadly the first 30 minutes were really poor until they sang the now infamous duet together . But the love story didn't feel real and you never truly believed their relationship .
There were emotional moments but the bits it between were boring and laborious . For the most part it seemed to a competition between Sam Elliot and Bradley Cooper to see who could have the deepest and most impossible to decipher voice ! Subtitles would've helped - for a film which had as one its themes failing hearing it would have helped to handed out hearing aids to the audience in parts and ear defenders in others as the music , which was an integral part of the plot was pretty awful for the most . So it made it unbelievable that he would have become such a huge star in the first place .
Bradley Coppers acting and direction were good but it's failing was the music , the script and the lack of tension created .
Is it worth seeing - yes but don't go expecting too much I did - if you want to see a film that's almost twice as good and features music see bohemian rhapsody
Pad.A 5.5/10 Padreview