Rise and fall in all the right places.

Rating: 7/10 (6 October 2018)

The story is familiar and predictable with the freshness delivered by Bradley Cooper's excellent directing debut and acting, and Lady Gagas second to none vocals along with the comfort she has in her own skin. Granted she's perhaps a little old to actually find herself in the situation she does in the movie and should have been 10 years younger to be doing the moves and songs she does, but she still delivers on every level, in fact on occasion through the movie she appears so natural you'd believe she wasn't acting at all, I did find that sometimes her confidence in front of the camera removed some of the vulnerability that again a younger actress might have delivered. Whilst some of the story does leave the viewer frsutrated it only adds to the rise and fall the 2 leads suffer, this rise and fall is found throughout the whole movie and in the songs, it's delicate and brutal in equal measure. Whilst some of the songs won't be memorable for most, the story and performances will be and I thoroughly recommend it.