NOT BAD FOR WHAT IT IS...!

Rating: 6/10 (14 October 2018)

An okay remake (the fourth by count) of the perennial favorite starring Bradley Cooper (in his directing debut) & Lady Gaga. Working better as 2 lost souls coming together to make music than a love affair (ultimately I didn't buy it since she had ample examples around her growing up for her to not fall for this loser), the musical sequences win out just barely. I still hold the original from the 30's starring Fredric March/Janet Gaynor as the best version but this one has enough to satisfy audiences who will probably only know this copy. Once the mechanics of the story kick in, there's not much we, as the audience, can do but strap ourselves in for the inevitable.