A Star is Dead

Rating: 2/10 (19 October 2018)

Instead of being about about a talented and ambitious woman climbing up the stairs to fame, this movie was about a once star slowly fading away. Bradley Cooper put himself as the main character of this movie and completely emptied out the storyline. The film opens and closes with him. Also, this movie gets the top place in not having any women, except for Gaga, in it. Her best friend is a man, all her friends are men, her agent is a man, his agent is man, his best friend/driver is a man, she only has a father, no mother, and he hangs out with his male colleagues. Of course no two women ever hold a conversation. And this is not a requirement of the story line - women are out there in daily life and in the music industry. This is not the story of a bright star born- this is the story of a random girl who an older and much more powerful but broken and incompetent man, who first drags her into the spotlights, and then hurts and embarrasses her time after time with almost no objections from her side.
The music and the shots were also not to my liking. The acting of Gaga leaves much to be desired. There is no chemistry between Bradley Cooper and Gaga, and the supposedly intense emotions dont transcend. I am really surprised at the formidable reviews- I guess movie critics are not trustworthy...