Same stuff , again and again and again....

Rating: 3/10 (20 October 2018)

There are films that become classics and there are films that just try to mimic the classics. This film comes in second category for me. To begin with it is a musical drama and my issue with this film isn't its music, (yes, it has some really good songs, but isn't it expected given that we have lady gaga in lead role?) my issues are the drama and plot.
For most of the part, nothing happens in this film. In the middle, I was so bored of repeatedly seeing the couple making out, that I actually was thinking of walking out on this movie. Then, there is the story: which we have already seen in so many other movies and it offers absolutely nothing new. To top it off, this film doesn't even try to present that part in a proper way. For example: there are no twists at all. There is a scene where Bradley Cooper walks towards Lady Gaga in bathtub while carrying glass of drink and we know they are going to fight. Their fights, mind you, don't even last longer. They fight and then come together a couple of scenes later. There are no bridging sequences in between.
Bradley cooper portrays the self-destructive protagonist decently, but at a time comes off as an emotionless jerk who has no romantic feelings for his lady love, until we reach the climax. On the other hand, Lady Gaga comes off as selfish and dumb protagonist who is too dumb to figure out that her manager is a jerk.
Climax although is pretty decently written and last half an hour of the movie is decent.
Introduction of the humor through lady protagonist's dad was totally unnecessary. We are told to accept the backstory of Bradley Cooper through his manager without actually giving decent screen time to his father. It felt like that part was totally forced.
If you are a lady gaga fan or want to see Bradley cooper doing half-decent job, go watch this movie. Otherwise, you can listen to songs on Spotify or YouTube.