If THIS was the reason Bradley left Irina...

Rating: 5/10 (16 June 2019)

Here's the good...Sam Elliott. LOVE THAT MAN! He can do no wrong. I'm so glad to see that he got nominated for awards and actually won some as they were well deserved. Ok sorry that was it for the good.
I went into this thinking I would not be able to handle how amazing it was gonna be and then when it ended all I could think was...it lacked something. It reached high but fell way short.
Lady Gaga is no Barbra Streisand. She wasn't terrible but she lacked that quality of "I can't look away from this person." I didn't feel the heat or intensity between Ally & Jackson.
Joke and throw shade all you want but bottom line-Andrew Dice Clay is a good actor and I hope he gets good roles to work with in the future.
Finally-Bradley Cooper's desperate need for validation was his undoing with this movie and in his personal life. I'm being very genuine when I relay that it truly makes me sad that he and Irina broke up over this because they have a daughter together and these are real people in that situation. And let's face it - this movie IS the reason they broke up and no one can convince me otherwise. How could it not be? If he had been my partner I would've bounced a long time ago. He didn't keep his personal life separate and now he's paying the price. Brad bet the house on this and he failed miserably. The fact that he didn't win the Oscar proves that. He was good in this but he took a huge gamble and it just didn't pay off. Don't feel too bad for him though he likes 'em young so no doubt he'll find solace in another one's arms soon.
This isn't the worst movie but it felt very teenager-y and it lacked depth. It's hard to feel something for stars or singers who (pardon the pun) are "Shallow Shallow". Don't expect us to cry you a river if you have been given the keys to the castle and then turn around and blow it all on stupidness. Jackson kills himself in this version because he can't handle Ally moving on without him and he let some young music executive punk dictate to him what his wife feels-which may not have been the case. He (much like the actor
who played him) was so desperate for validation that it was his undoing in the end.
I just couldn't get behind this one.