One for the Lifetime channel.

Rating: 2/10 (17 January 2019)

After all of the hype about this film and Gaga getting nominations, I thought that I would give it a chance...why not? I'll never trust me again. First off the film overall was too boring and one dimensional. It could have easily ran on the Lifetime Network and had spared many people the boredom of watching it in a theater. Don't get me wrong, Cooper's acting was pretty convincing, but his character lacked any real similarities to any musician I've ever known. Being a musician myself his character in this film simply made no sense. Why would any self respecting musician start up any kind of a relationship with a song and dance vacuous pop star and become engulfed in HER career? And then completely spiral out of control to the point of taking his own life? I mean her manager tells him that she would be better off without him and he decides to die???? REALLY??? Wasn't buying any of it. From an acting standpoint Cooper shined, and Gaga wasn't as horrid as I thought she'd be (quite photogenic as well) But this movie of course played to the whole "man is weak and pitiful and the woman is powerful and strong" formula which is just as tiring as it was 20 years ago. The characters could and should have been more fleshed out and believable. Had that been the case this movie would have been more tolerable. But instead it was nothing new, just the same old drivel with too many feminist hollywood stereotypes that would have played better on cable tv.