Very good

Rating: 9/10 (30 December 2018)

This is a good story. If you haven't watched the original and don't know what happens, it also is surprising and very emotional.
I was not a big fan of the direction. I thought some scenes were oddly out of place and actually distracted me a little bit. However:
Lady Gaga is absolutely amazing in this. Rarely does talent of her scale come along. The big problem with original stories about musicians is usually that the music sucks - otherwise, why not just release the music? I'm looking at you, Rockstar (2001). Not so in this case. There are some nothing short of stunning songs and vocal performances to be experienced in this movie, albeit with a distinctive Lady Gaga-feel to them, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. She will at the very least receive an Oscar nomination for best original song for either Shallow or Always Remember Us This Way.
Cooper did good, and I was surprised to find out that the vocals are actually his and are actually recorded live. Usually this would be dubbed afterwards, possibly by a whole other person, but as I understand Gaga would not allow this, which resulted in some very convincing shots of their live performances together.
And:
If you give this movie 1 star you're obviously a moron. The 1-10 scale is not meant to be used as a binary, so if you didn't like it, argue why and give it a 5-6-7 or something reasonable.