IMDb plot summary: A musician helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Directed by Bradley Cooper. Starring Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott, and Andrew Dice Clay.
I've only seen one of the previous versions of this story, and that one a long time ago, but I didn't remember that one being quite so... purposelessly depressing. This movie is clearly trying to be *about* something, but what that is is very muddled, and that makes it messy. Gaga sounds great in all her songs, even if they're not interesting, and Bradley Cooper does more interesting acting than he usually does, but it all comes together very clumsily.
How it entered my Flickchart:
A Star Is Born > The Lion in Winter (2003)
A Star Is Born < How to Train Your Dragon
A Star Is Born < Good Time
A Star Is Born < Hugo
A Star Is Born < Interiors
A Star Is Born > Dirty Dancing
A Star Is Born > Office Space
A Star Is Born < The Last Unicorn
A Star Is Born > Marathon
A Star Is Born > Star Trek Into Darkness
A Star Is Born < The Road
Final spot: #1349 out of 2850.
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