Unconvincing As A Love Story

Rating: 4/10 (10 October 2018)

The very heart of this movie is the love story between the rising star Lady Gaga and the jaded drug ridden alcoholic that is Bradley Cooper's falling star.
On many levels the chemistry just wasn't there, Bradley's convincing method style was fully realised as a train wreck of a man but lacked any real character development, Lady Gaga's acting was very on the surface and at some points you could practically see her counting her emotional responses on line and on cue.
The emotional responses seemed to be confined between pathetic and hysterical that jarred with Bradley's more nuanced emotional palette.
Clearly Gaga devotees will see no fault.
The pacing of the movie was laborious at times with any tension evaporating entirely.
Two aspects of the movie were worthy of note, firstly the realistic concerts and the documentary nature of the camera work, and lastly, on the whole, the music, it was great fun but not memorable as it was set within an unconvincing movie.