Better Than I Was Anticipating But Not One I'd Buy

Rating: 7/10 (8 October 2018)

I saw "A Star Is Born", starring Lady Gaga-American Horror Story_tv, Machete Kills; Bradley Cooper-War Dogs, All About Steve; Sam Elliott-Up In The Air, Road House and Andrew Dice Clay-One Night At McCool's, Amazon Women On The Moon.
This is about the 4th remake of this movie-the first was in 1937 with Janet Gaynor & Fredric March, the second was in 1954 with Judy Garland & James Mason and the third was in 1976 with Barbara Streisand & Kris Kristofferson-and one of the stars of this one, Bradley, is also directing it, in his first time directing a movie. For those unfamiliar with the other versions, Bradley plays an aging rock star that discovers Lady G, an up and coming singer, that is just looking for her big break. She is working in a restaurant while singing part time in a bar at night. Bradley decides to take her under his wing and help her get a leg up in the industry but he has his own demons to fight, including alcohol and drug abuse as well as family problems. As Bradley's career is spiraling downwards Lady G's starts getting more popular. Sam plays Bradley's brother/manager and Andrew plays Lady G's father. I read that both Bradley and Lady G did their own singing live during the filming of the movie-it was suggested by Lady G that it would make it look more authentic. There are a few cameos; I remember seeing Alec Baldwin and Dave Chappelle and Lukas Nelson-Yep, Willie's son-taught Bradley how to play the guitar and also wrote some of the songs that are performed in the film. I wasn't expecting it to be very good but it was a little better than I anticipated.
It's rated "R" for language, alcohol & drug abuse and sexual content-including nudity-and has a running time of 2 hours & 15 minutes.
It's not one that I would buy on DVD-once was enough-but it would be alright as a rental.