So I'm really struggling to understand the hype and swathe of glowing reviews for this. Yes, Lady Gaga's acting is first class, she's great, and obviously her singing is spectacular - Bradley Cooper is brave to go up against her singing, but sings characterfully enough to match; the songs are actually pretty good as well. And I always love seeing Sam Elliott.

But...I just didn't find it compelling at all. Cooper sounds like he's doing a Sam Elliott impression, which is fine, but it also means he ends up just mumbling and you miss a fair bit of dialogue. The story is obviously old, but this didn't feel particularly fresh; I could tell everything that was going to happen without having seen any of the other versions. It was just "meh".