Completely failed to live up to the hype. The acting is fine and the singing is good, although the songs are a mixed bunch, but the story itself is tired and unoriginal. Surely, if you're going to make a remake of a remake it will be because you're got something new to say. Perhaps there was a lofty initial notion to comment on the price of fame, or on how banal manufactured pop stars are but, if so, that voice got lost along the way; much like Ally's did. I quite enjoyed the start but the slow pacing, monotonous gravelly voices and hackneyed story made me grateful for the ending, when it finally arrived.