A Star Is Born

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Elyse M well done, believable characters, but for me, it was just a little flat. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/25/24 Full Review Stef One of the best movies and soundtracks of all time. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/01/24 Full Review iris It was actually 'A Star Is Born' (1976) with Barbra Streisand & Krist Krisrofferson. This was the best version. Way better than the 2018 Lady Gaga. I LOVE Barbra Streusand. Music was wonderful. Acting wonderful. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/23/24 Full Review Blu B Difficult to say which is better the 54' remake or this one. I'll give it this there both some of the best remakes ever done respectively. Editing is really good here. It can get a little meandering in the first half between the rise of Gaga's career vs their romance with each other. But in the end it all comes together extremely well in the second half. Merging a musical and a celebrity melodrama together perfectly. Everything else is first rate across the board. Highligh is the phenominal performances by Gaga & Cooper along with his direction. Framing, lighting, and just knowing when to be raw and refined effortlessly between the two. The singing is just first rate vocals by both with really catchy songs the entire way. Even though this doesn't have the same visual popping eye candy of the 54' one, the vocals are superior and make up or that. It's two different types of musical material. This is much more gritty and raw compared to the more refined and showy 54' one in pretty much every aspect. It's also shorter by close to an hour too. Now that being said comparing the two which are without a doubt the best of all versions. Garland overall is better even though the singing is very close between the two. Cooper I feel gives a deeper performance than Mason did and that's quite an accomplishment. Elliot & Chapelle are excellent too here. The one aspect of 54' is with an extra hour there is a bit more development and focus in the first half than this has too. Though both deliver on the ending. I also prefer Cooper's direction compared to Cukor who does a first rate job too. So man it's close but I think the added runtime, preference for the eye popping musical numbers, and Garland win it out for me over this BARELY. Even though that one is missing 5 minutes of footage. Everyone should give this a try and the 54' one and find out. All Time Classic. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/21/25 Full Review Frans B So far, the best iteration of this movie. Bradley Cooper is very convincing in character, as always. Storyline entertaining. The whole feel of that world is tangible and authentic. Good casting, great directing and editing for sure. Well worth your while Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/19/25 Full Review Caryl W Wow!!! Where can I begin?! Before seeing this film I was not a fan of Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga was alright in my opinion but I didn't regularly listen to her music or anything, but know the words to most of her top songs. After watching this years after it's debut as it came on HBO all I can say is I wish I'd of watched it opening day at the theaters! It is now one of my all-time favorite movies and I have in the 2 months since first seeing it have watched it 3 times( every other time I caught it on HBO). The acting and music is phenomenal and I CANNOT imagine Beyonce or any of the other female leads they considered as Lady Gaga is PERFECT in every way for this role. Further more this is the first time I've ever taken the time to write a review on Rotten Tomatoes because I'm that passionate about wanting to make sure others who may have missed this great film get to see it. One last thing, I bawled like a baby the 1st time I watched it, cried pretty hard the 2nd time and still teared up the 3rd time. It is that moving and touched me so deeply, especially because I had no idea what the movie was really about going into it and if you don't either I strongly urge you to just watch it blind and go into it ready for a wonderfully moving love story, mixed in with great music, hard topics relationships sometimes face and an emotional climax and all of it done impeccably by the cast. Kudos to Cooper for his acting and directing here, this movie turned me from not at all a fan of his into a major fan and that is something that no actor has never done for me, so hats off to him!! Please watch this movie if you haven't because I ensure you that you will get something out of it no matter what your taste in film is. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/18/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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