Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper give great performances, on their own and with respect to one another, and the music is really good.

Story wise, I felt A Star is Born really under-delivered. There were a lot of holes, and I felt like it jumped too much in time too often. Parts of the film felt too long and other parts felt undeveloped. The first half of the movie was definitely the strongest.

My husband and I both felt that these really good characters weren't given chances to show enough of themselves. A deep concept glossed over in a very "Hollywood" way. This movie was extremely well received when it first came out, but having just seen it for the first time, I'm struggling to see what all the fuss was about; aside from Gaga's extraordinary vocals and she and Cooper's chemistry together on screen. The plot just wasn't all the way there and I was left waiting to feel more compelled.