just fine

Rating: 6/10 (24 February 2019)

Movie night with Iris.
I know i'm not the target audience, but i really liked La La Land. So I was willing to give this a fair crack. I was mostly entertained, but massively underwhelmed.
The first 20-30 minutes are snappy, but once it left the drag bar it started to drag. An excruciating Grammy's-scene aside, it is mostly sentimental and cliche-ridden.
I was also expecting this marvelous Lady Gaga performance, but she just seemed Lady Gaga to me. And I know the reasons for Cooper's gruff voice, but it was incomprehensible and annoying.
The Sopranos-lite father (and his friends) provide some amusing distraction. But it was very much colour by numbers. Sure that means Oscars will abound later tonight....