The first 35 minutes was great but it all went downhill from there. Cooper didn't display the proper way to do time jumps and the pacing, dialog and entire storyline had some major issues. Their relationship felt forced and didn't allow enough development for the viewer to buy in with these two in their marriage. The only thing they ever talk about is music. I'd expect some actual real life conversations to come up once in a while but they didn't.

Gaga does a nice job acting but her Botox screwed up any emotion she was sincerely trying to portray to the audience. It was truly painful to watch her try. The music scenes and concerts were done in A+ fashion but the rest of it gets a D+/C-.

I really wanted to like this film but the second act really lost adequate pacing, dialog, and character development. It was just depressing to watch.