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A Star Is Born

2018

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott, Rafi Gavron ...

6.6

30,603

Drama. Romance Music star Jackson Maine discovers—and falls in love with—struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer… until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally’s career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"'A Star Is Born' is that thing we always yearn for but so rarely get to see: a transcendent Hollywood movie (...) Delicate and intimate and luminous."	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"A gorgeous heartbreaker (bring tissues). Like its finest antecedents, it wrings tears from its romance and thrills from a steadfast belief in old-fashioned, big-feeling cinema."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"You get pulled into a force field, thanks to Cooper’s behind-the-camera chops and Gaga’s sound and fury. By the time the end credits roll, you realize that, in fact, two stars have been born (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"Simultaneously an immersive concert film, enchanting romance and tear-jerking rock fantasy (...) One of the best movies of 2018 and the finest musical since 2002’s “Chicago.”(…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"This is the best 'A Star Is Born' yet and one of the best movies of the year (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Lady Gaga electrifies in a Hollywood musical for the ages (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"Cooper has successfully navigated the most perilous shoals of making a classic narrative his own, managing to create one of its best iterations to date"	POS
United States	Katie Walsh Chicago Tribune	"Cooper knows he has an audience willing to listen, and what he says is so beautifully, powerfully open-hearted, vulnerable and loving it's overwhelming."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[A] colossally enjoyable new version (...) Gaga's ability to be part ordinary person, part celebrity functions at the highest level (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"There's a lot to love in Bradley Cooper's entertaining remake of 'A Star is Born' (...) A durable tale of romance, heady fame and crushing tragedy, retold for a new generation with heart and grit."	POS
United States	Stephanie Zacharek Time	"It’s wonderful to see a first-time filmmaker who’s more interested in effective storytelling than in impressing us (...) Cooper has succeeded in making a terrific melodrama for the modern age"	POS
United States	Ty Burr Boston Globe	"My heart stopped and yours may, too, when Gaga’s Ally turns to the camera in close-up while singing 'La Vie en Rose' (...) In those few seconds a movie star is born, and so is a director.(…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"The star that is truly born here is Cooper as a director"	POS
United States	David Edelstein Vulture	"It leaves all three previous versions in the dust in the meet-cute department, largely because Gaga manages to be fresher and more believably real than Gaynor, Garlan, and Streisand. And Cooper is delightful."	POS
United Kingdom	Terri White Empire	"A remake that captures the tone and spirit of prior films, 'A Star Is Born' still blazes its own heartfelt, authentic path (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dana Stevens Slate	"It’s such a welcome sensation to walk out of a movie feeling properly walloped, reminded of the potential power of the big screen to seduce us, entertain us, and break our hearts."	POS
United States	Michael Nordine IndieWire	"It hits the occasional wrong note, but Cooper's directorial debut is still an earworm (...) Cooper delivers his best, most soulful performance while pulling double duty behind the camera"	POS
United States	Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"Gaga’s serious-actress transformation for her first major film role deserves praise (...) But it’s Cooper who ultimately has to carry the film (...) His camera works with feverish intimacy"	POS
United States	Leonardo Goi The Film Stage	"A miracle of stage chemistry (...) The real surprise here is not Cooper, but Gaga. More than a newly born star, hers never stops growing."	POS
United States	Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"Roth, Cooper and Fetters have fashioned a script that airs out the mustier conventions of even the most recent version, the 70s picture."	POS
United Kingdom	Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"Cooper and Lady Gaga and their soulful, heartfelt performances aren't enough to light up this movie (…) [It] feels like an unnecessary remake (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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