Uninteresting in all aspects

Rating: 5/10 (5 March 2019)

The plot is pretty basic, predictable and boring. The movie failed at making me care about the characters at all. The whole 'rockstar falls in love with a random girl and makes her a superstar' thing is too much of a clichÃ© and it all feels like the sole purpose of the movie was to appeal to an audience of young females. For a better story about chasing love and a career in the showbusiness, see La La Land (it has better music too) . Jack is a charicature of an aging rockstar, going down the established path of alcohol and drug abuse combined with failed attempts of rehab. The highlight of it all was the moment he decided to commit suicide by what looked like a combination of pills, carbon monoxide and hanging. At that point I wasn't sure if they googled 'most popular ways for rock n roll suicide' and decided to include them all just to be sure. The songs all sound generic to me and I nearly fell asleep a couple times with Gaga's singing. There were some moments where the chemistry between Gaga and Cooper made it better. Overall, it's not extremely bad, I've seen much worse movies, but it's not something I'd re-watch anytime soon.
Basically, the only reason I watched the movie all the way through is because Cooper looks kinda like a lovechild of Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell in it and is shirtless at times. And the dog was cute.