Okay, not great

Rating: 7/10 (8 October 2018)

I think the movie was beautifully shot, certainly a good first from Bradley Cooper. Also very well acted, from both Cooper as Lady Gaga (although I didn't really like her character). Songs were very good as well.
The script however was a mess. Formulaic and cringy at times. You know exactly what is going to happen. I hear people are praising the first act, but the whole meeting and falling in love of these 2 people felt very forced to me.
Like I said, I didn't like Ally's character at all. 'Oh no I don't want to perform my own songs, because people think my nose is ugly' yes you do, you perform at a bar every night. And punching the cop who asks (maybe a bit impolitely) for a picture. And the way she treats her boss. For some reason she can't have it that her boss tells her it's not okay to be late. This she takes as an excuse to quit her job and do what she wanted to do in the first place.
Jack's character was great, but there was maybe a bit too little time to really delve into it properly.
Sometimes I was very impressed by what Cooper did as a first time director such as the suicide scene, which was very subtle, but then the film ends with a tear rolling on Lady Gaga's cheek, and I'm like 'really?'.
Also: The film criticizes the music industry for turning talented singers into Lady Gaga clones.
Also: When Jack talks it's like Kris Kristofferson, but when he starts singing it sounds exactly like Bradley Cooper singing a song. It does make for a very funny moment when Sam Elliot's character cries out to Jack 'You stole my voice!'.