A Star Is Born reviewed by Mark Kermode
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2018
- Mark Kermode reviews A Star Is Born. Country singer Jackson Maine finds romance as he builds up the career of young singer and actress Ally, even as his own career is collapsing under age and alcoholism.
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Kermode: [detailed, impassioned review]
Mayo: “Okay, moving on”
That’s the most English thing ever.
"And now for something completely different."
Does Mayo dislike Kermode. He always seems pissed off that he is taking up valuable BBC air time?
He started banging on that Elvis should have played the part instead of Kristofferson, Mayo didn't want to return to the 60's. Nothing to do with the rest of the review.
Okay, moving on [delivered in calm but bored tone]
The reason Simon said it like that is because Mark is in love with Elvis. It was said in a jokingly dismissive way to prevent Mark going off on one and digress as he has done previously.
I saw A Star is Born on Wednesday and it was a very good film. Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga are excellent in the film and the live music is done superbly as well.
Yep this exactly :D
The ending act was soul crushing
Oh yes, landed me in Funky Town.
I've not seen Sir Kermode speak at length about a movie in a long time. This shows that he really liked it and that it's a good movie. 😊👍
Aashish Khakha true. He began with a Robbie-Collin-style plot synopsis, which isn't usually his style
Just saw the movie today, believe the hype, it's really that good!
He isn,t a Sir....just saying 😑
It is fantastic. Hope you enjoy!
I think the point being made about The Good Doctor is that he should be.
My first ever interaction of this film I’ve seen and I thought it was phenomenal! Both Cooper and Gaga impressed me hugely, one of the best films I’ve seen this year!
I cringed through this whole movie. Cliche after cheesy cliche
robspunk That’s what’s so great about art, you’re perfectly entitled to that opinion just as I am to mine
@@robspunk They all can't be Transformers.
@@mickilynch7126 Haha, I haven't seen any tranformers but im sure they wouldn't make me cringe as much as this did. But it's great you have a movie to root for. Has anyone watched this movie twice? Maybe if you see it again you'll begin to question it's authenticity. For me it really was 2 hours of cringing and I'm interested to know where I missed it.
@@robspunk I haven't even seen it yet. I just hate when someone shits all over something after someone shows their love for it. Especially after universal acclaim.
Hopefully I can see this soon. Looks absolutely terrific.
What i loved about it was Gaga showing that softer side of her character, but also Bradley, you just felt like saying come on get it together, i was routing for him but you just know how this ends in reality. I just loved the sound design, it felt like nothing music wise i have seen in the past. Loved the movie.
Made a grown man cry
Yeap , I was crying like a baby
Dman man. :)
Beautiful movie. Funny in parts, but made me sob too. Wonderful.
What I like about Kermode is that somehow I think I am watching a review to decide wether or not I should watch the film but then I walk away with 3-4 titles to watch cause he knows a lot and shares other titles that remind him during the review. And suddenly I find myself watching classics and not necessarily the film the review is about.
He's great for reference value. Really knows his stuff, old and new.
beautiful film - made me feel a lot of emotions. incredibly well done
These two are great together, anyone else pick up the tired and exasperated "Yeah, all right, okay" having heard that Elvis should have played the role in the previous version for one more time.
I really loved the film, it was SO good! I thought the trailer was pretty impressive. but the film honestly blew me away with its heart, passion and emotion that went into the story, acting and music. It was a wonderful experience.
I can’t believe how much I loved this movie- Bradley Cooper really is amazing like he literally becomes this character so much that I didn’t see any “Bradley Cooper” left in him-his whole aura changed. And the chemistry with Gaga was whoa, I FELT it. And I’ve never seen the original so I didn’t know how it ended. I cared so much about the characters that the ending really affected me (more than most movies). I can’t get it out of my head...
That “moving on” sounds very world weary, like he’s had to listen to that argument many, many times 😆. Excellent review by the way.
Yes, Grace of My Heart was an amazing movie... thanks for reminding me of it.
It’s a brilliantly told story about depression and addiction on the one hand, and the carnivorous nature of the music business on the other, through the lens of true love between two people on opposite ends of their respective trajectory. A must see for anyone with the slightest interest in music, mental health, love, or people in general.
Watching this tonight!
Phenomenal film about the music industry, addiction and depression , seen the other versions and loved the way Bradley Cooper flipped the narrative, making his character the one you cared for, had a lot of empathy for him and his struggles with alcohol and drugs addiction and his battle with depression. This might scoop all the major awards at the Oscars next year. Lady Gaga was a revelation in the film, see great things in her future as an actor.
Yes. He smashed that Oxy pill with his boot like a BOSS!
Was lucky to see a free preview the other evening of this. What a wonderful film; especially love the music in it. Lady Gaga is brilliant in it.
Bloody well done on this review. I loved this movie too!
I love the four previous versions (counting What Price Hollywood?) and can't wait for this one. Though thinking about his mention of there being a version for every generation, I wonder why we didn't get one in the 90s. We'd gotten them every twenty years or so, but then it's been over 40 since the last.
Cause the 1990's sucked. A star is born starring Vanilla Ice and Brittney Spears would have been awful. 😊
Btw, kermode mentions "Grace of my heart" (1996). It is the closest thing to a 90's remake, even though it is Carole King's story. I would check it out as it has elements that is reminiscent of this movie.
Yes what price hollywood was great. I really enjoyed that. I love the Judy Garland version. I still need to see the Barbara Streisand version and Janet Gaynor version.
The film reminded me of 'Crazy Heart' in some ways.
Ilona Muller it’s a prequel
If I could build a time machine, I would have had Judy Garland playing opposite Fredrick March. I thought March was totally believable, while James Mason chewed up the scenery a bit too much. That being said, I'm looking forward to the new remake. The trailers made me like it more than I would have expected. Thanks for your review Mark.
Now that you liked it so much, its gonna be easier for me to convince my husband to come with me and see te movie! ;)
All I care about is the background TV audio in The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill.
Thank you for mentioning Elvis at the very end. Completely agree. It could have turned his life and health around, not to mention his career. He would have been incredible. A crying shame indeed.
I couldn’t have seen it if it wasn’t out. Last friday, I think. It’s had very good reviews, particularly Close.
Loved the movie even more after seeing it the second time.
Me too!
Great review!
I enjoyed this commentary.
This is the version I first got to. I’m glad i did
"Believe me I wanted to like it" - bad film
"I was really nervous" - good film 🤷♂️
Bradley Cooper actor(Jackson) reminds me lot of Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam.(Oddly) Hoping to get a chance to see it.
Apparently, he got inspired by Vedder for this role...
Yes!!! Thought so too while watching.
I had the exact same thought.
We have to remember that, in life, we cannot have the joy without the pain. They are two sides of the same coin---the yin-yang of reality. (I discuss this on my own YT video.) It's because of our darkness that we have such rich beauty and inspiration in the world---which is why the song sung by Lady Gaga (Ally) at the end was so beautiful and soulful. It came from Jack's personal pain----as well as Ally's, as she was grieving Jack's passing.
Loved it
Seen this movie on Wednesday and I cried several times! 😭
I love Lady Gaga and her music has both helped and inspired me for years!
This is not the type of movie I would normally watch but I was actually moved throughout it! 👍
It was Abit too long but for me it was 10/10 !!! 😎
‘Don’t want to give away spoilers’ *proceeds to describe scene for scene the entire movie*
Hah, so true.
😂😂
He only described the basic plot he didnt give away any spoilees
The last part was so cute. Hahahaha!
faboulous film. lady gaga her music is just phenomenal. They had great chemistry together
Best version by far. Made me tear up.
Masterpiece
A Gaga admirer, I chanced upon this without expecting much and then found an uncommonly perceptive and engaging analysis. Now wondering if the speaker is related to the late great literary critic and essayist Frank Kermode.
I didn’t want to watch it! A friend talked me into go I did it tonight and can’t wait to watch it again next week. Love B. Cooper, acting, singing and producing OMG he is so talented! Lady Gaga won a new fan on my as well, my respects to her she is a takented SUPER talented artisc 😘 ah! Something else! Bradley Cooper is a papacito in this movie! Hot, hot, hot 😅😅
No mention of Sam Elliott, and I thought the scene with him in a car eventually backing out of a driveway was one of the most powerful in the film.
I read that it was an improvised last line and Sam Elliott's reaction was geniune, not acting.
Oh, wow. I just read about it now. Thanks for leaving a reply:)
He was incredible, that scene was so powerful, broke my heart.
Agreed!
Incredible film - incredible love story and so moving and emotional. Loved it. Bradley Cooper was incredible and Lady Gaga whom I had no idea it was her, she was incredible too.
Great movie
i enjoyed it, this coming from someone who is usually extremely sceptical about most music movies ending up as cliched and embarrassing. was very impressed by the two leads performances and the live music was great too.
i did find the lyrics to the songs incredibly tacky and childish though, wasnt sure if this was intentional or not having never really listened to lady gagas music (who i assumed wrote most of the lyrics). would make sense though in an ott bubblegum fairy tail musical esque type of way if it was.
I also thought it was great the way that genre was played with without it being made into a thing, they were just songs, whether played in jacksons country jam band style, acoustically on pianos or solo guitar or the electronica of lady gagas character.
Kermode... the best.
Director Bradley Cooper delivers A heart warming, well casted, beautifully acted, very well scored & emotional love story. (89%) (4.5/5 stars) (positive)
I liked it - but I did feel like it was one of those 'cry now' films. I also felt like Ally's character needed some flaws or more of an arc, things just happened to her and she didn't change herself in anyway.
I fancy Glenn Close for the Lead Female Oscar. She’s never won and this may be her last chance. For The Wife. She’s brilliant.
I thought The Wife, was from last year, has it not been released yet?
Thought it must've had trouble, as I hadn't heard about it for quite awhile.
She's not lead.
In what sense is Glenn Close not the female lead in The Wife?
Bang, bang!!! Speaking of Guns!
Unusually waffly review for Kermode
What was the Elvis comment about 😂😂😂
It is undeniably really sappy and clichéd but aside from a few moments here and there it didn't get in the way of my enjoyment of the film
I love the Judy one too but a lot of people say lady gaga is good wait till golden globes come out and Oscars nominations I find it pretentious that one person is highlighted when other people were good too
I thought this was spoiler free!
First version?
I don't think Kermode gets that one of them was on an upward trajectory and the other was on a downward trajectory and there's a moment where they meet in the middle
He did not.
Really? Especially as this is the 3rd remake of the original film that he wouldn't know the plot? Or is that you weren't listening properly when he says: "One is on the up, and the other's going down" and "their intersectiing trajectories..." or "I'm watching a falling and a flying star..."
You're being ironic. LMAO
BigHenFor whooosh!
i think he does as he watched the Kristoferson version mate
He does get it and mentions this at 8:36
Lady gaga is very underrated. She has an incredible voice.
A star was born
Does it work as the music isn't contemporary? Should it have been two rap stars?
Paul Stears nope
Country / blues rock still exists and is still very popular , especially in the states - she ends up sounding much more like Lady Gaga when she makes her own record though
The pre-supposition that rap constitutes a music genre is questionable.
Neither film has opened in the UK as yet. Can’t comment.
What a weird thing to comment. 'Can't comment.' - Or are your comments on movies usually highly anticipated in the UK? lol
This was mistakenly placed away from the comment that I was replying to. I hadn’t noticed that I’d done that, so it looks like a non-sequitur.
ah - you donkey! Easily done.
🤗🤗🤗
You forgot the part of Ally's father being a wannabe crooner who was once told that he was equally as , if not more talented than Frank Sinatra
Yes played brilliantly by comedian Andrew dice-clay, Cooper put a few comedians in this film, Dave Chappelle, luenell
Oh yeah, who wouldn't recognize Chappele's unique sounding voice
Lady Gaga and Sam Elliott...sign me up.
Yep, I was impressed as I only knew Cooper from those dumb ass comedies. The guy knows his craft.
I thought he sounded more like Eddie Vedder than anything else.
A very generous review imo. Saw it today and found it too long and a little bit boring. Pacier editing might have helped. Not as moving as I remember the James Mason/Judy Garland version.
Jacinta Cooke I agree
Just got back from seeing A Star Is Born for the THIRD time. I was struck by the very last moment of the film where she looks at the camera DIRECTLY for the first time. This caused me to think of the time she looks at him in the Drag bar when she lies down in front of him. This is when the INSANE chemistry they have together started for me.
I then had a DARK thought. What if those looks were looks of CALCULATION? This is a classic love story but what if it's also a story of RUTHLESS ambition? Jackson was becoming an embarrassment and getting in the way of her career. By cancelling the European leg of her tour she caused her manager to have that brutal talk with Jackson. What if that was calculated? I love this film so I hope my interpretation is wrong. She loves him but her career may have been more important.
Keen analysis. It may be 100% wrong, but it shows you are woke.
Deserves a higher score?! Like to see you two Twot’s do a better film.
I cried like a bitch, and i'm into football and lager an that....
Movies don't need to be "real", but wouldn't his limo have its fully supplied bar?
I think the lineage of a star is born is beautiful
Judy Garland version is wonderfully directed and the cinematography is exceptional because it was shot in Cinescope. The Cooper version is directed completely differently.
The much maligned Streisand version is better than Cooper's movie too. It's more impressive visually (especially the concert sequences), the songs are better and have greater dramatic impact and Streisand is twice the singer Gaga is.
Gosh, Simon is so casually dismissive of Mark.
Thats his persoality brah 😂
@@HolisticHealthWithHarry He always does it, whether Mark tells jokes, anecdotes, or even teases him. He's so stuffy with it.
A film of two halves for me. The first 2/3 or so was brilliant. The live performances are directed very well and the distorted camera angle is great. Lady Gaga’s character is evolved nicely and the musics nice etc... BUT after the Grammy’s scene the film gets slow, boring, dash and scrappy. The (major plot spoiler) scene is anticlimactic. The ending is soppy (the flashbacks were so obvious and cliched!!). The final shot tries to be Black Swan a bit... sorry Bradley you’re no Darren
3/5 if I’m feeling generous....
On technical level it certainly works & both Bradley & Gaga do an amazing job with accents & singing, however on an emotional level I didn’t believe in the relationship, I thought the film was way too long & watching it with 2 women we all picked up our phones at some point during the film - overall disappointing
This is more like a SPOILER REVIEW🙅🏼♂️
Best Female Actor in Next years Oscars!!! 👍
🤗 Lady Gaga!!! 🤗
No.
John Keen I haven't seen it
then where is that "no" is coming from?
Grac Jack Me guessing that she won't win, just like the original poster guessing that she will. Don't be stupid trying to be clever now. You only hurt yourself.
i only asked you a question and the fact that you can't give a normal answer and need to insult me says a lot about you, not me
"It's been done many times."
Understatement of the generation.😂
release the venom review already
Dont. Its Cheese.
In fairness musicians like Lady GaGa have been acting their whole careers... not to belittle her performance too much.
I just couldn't buy the two of them together. I'm sure she'd be happy to hang out backstage and let him help her get her music off the ground, but I just didn't buy that she so quickly fell in love with this weatherbeaten, stumbling drunk. (Plus, he wrote and arranged "Shallow" after hearing a couple lines a capella in a parking lot? And she just went on stage unprepared and crushed it? Nahh.)
Haha get off the fence mark ;)
Didnt like it, it was okay but there is a big problem for me:
Nothing realy happens.
What i mean by that, is that there is a bunch of characters that start of as one Thing and end up as exactly the same. There is so much stuff happening around them that doesnt affect them in the slightest, Everytime it looked like one of the characters were about go in an interesting direction it just Kind of stopped and everything went back to how it was.
I was bored for the last (Very long) half. It also didnt affect me emotionaly at all, even through it tried its hardest with a few terribly cheesy Moments (heartstring ripping Music and all).
On a positive Note, loved all the music featuring cooper, also the dragbar scenes were hilarious.
A drunk and a saint interact for a very long time, nothing changes, the end.
PS.
Lady gaga has a great nose.
What an air-headed review. Kermode just once suggests "there's a slightly different dynamic" to this version of A Star Is Born. He seems to have entirely missed the fact that it's not "slightly different"; Cooper has, in fact, REVERSED the dynamic of previous versions so that this one is entirely about Jackson Maine, the star on the wane. Despite the title, the 'star is born" side is severely downgraded, and the film is mostly about addiction, self-destruction, family tragedy and Jackson's psychological issues. The female part is so truncated that Gaga's character never even gets a second name. Whether you think all this is a good idea or not (personally, I think it mostly sucks) it is rather the most significant thing about Cooper's film. But Kermode, for all his knowledge about previous versions, seems to have entirely missed it.
Funny because Eastwood directed the flawed but still very engaging American Sniper which had Bradley Cooper in it.
It was pretty good. I think some people are overstating it as amazing, when this is probably a result of the Overton window being skewed since most big releases these days are terrible.
if its a musical i'm out.
Left me cold.
I prefered the Dewey Cox story.
I genuinely think this film owes a lot to Nashville the tv show. That show done a great deal for TV shows based on great music
I think I was the only one who didn’t really like it. The story was not modern, the female cliches were very old school: the girl who says yes even when she means no. We don’t know anything about her except the fact that she gets famous through a man. She is basically being pushed around by other men: her dad, her husband and her manager. Annoyingly it’s framed as a love story but he is manipulative.
Or perhaps just different opinion?
alandbs: Your comment is so unbelievably sexist and narrow, that I am unable to sufficiently describe how much it makes you sound like a chauvanistic cave man.
I found him kinda creepy early on honestly, thankfully Ally seems to have a mind of her own to some extent but you can't not be manipulated by someone of that magnitude. But yeah, they're very underdeveloped and the story just rushes through their rise and fall without much detail in between. Characters were very surface level. In particular Ally's character. Was hoping for more with her dad but her rise is so fast and it jumps so far forward you never really get to learn any of it. Just how they react to it.
alandbs The female energy? What a bizarre thing to say. Different females have different "energy." Do you think 50% of the population all act in the same way?
I couldn't agree more. Look at how Cooper has adapted the original story and there's no escaping the fact that it's monumentally sexist. He's taken a movie called A Star Is Born - always previously focused on the female rising star - and made it mostly about the star on the slide: his character. He's introduced back story and other characters - all male - that are there only to expand and deepen his role. And he's reduced the female role significantly. She doesn't even get a second name until she takes his. He also steps on Gaga's big moments, as in the finale where he can't resist layering flashbacks of his character over her performance. As a result, Gaga doesn't get anything like the showcase for her talent that previous versions were for Garland or Streisand. Prediction: he'll win an Oscar, she won't.
Convincing live performances but the bits in between were rambling
and heavy on mumblecor. Average.
Why has nobody mentioned
Lady Ga Ga's uncanny resemblance to Barbara Streisand?
I hope Cooper doesn't get nominated for 5 or 6 Oscars, then not win one.
I still can't believe people bought this crap. Gaga in house of Gucci is great. But this is just cheap typical cringe over and over.
It is the definition of mediocrity
What is?
@@bitobaco
...A Star is Born
@@Jordannadroj20 ok, based on your assessment, I will definitely avoid.
Sounds like the most schmaltzy load of twaddle to me.
wink rogers uh-oh...I’ve upset a Ga Ga fan.
That's how I felt about it. I just didn't get it. It was a simple storyline without great character development. Almost documentary style. It felt lifeless to me.
Stick with venom. You will fine.
i have absolutely no idea why people make such a big deal out of this
Neither do I! This movie is not that great!
@@Phoebus_Apollo So, it's compulsory to like the movie otherwise you're heartless? No, I like a good drama movie as much as anyone, but this one just didn't do it for me. The screenplay is a bit weak, overdramatic and except for Bradley Cooper the cast is not that great and the music is so bad! It's no La La Land!
There you go! You've got your own bias and that's why you didn't like it. Sorry if you didn't see the tragic beauty of the film.... p.s. La La Land sucks lol I'm glad it got it's sike moment in the Oscars.
@Travis Besst there are only about 6 comic books superheroes movies a year. Thousands of movies are released every year. Apparently, you can't do the maths...
spaceboy2095: You're entitled to your opinion like anyone else. As for La La Land. when I finally saw it, I was disappointed. I thought it was a sweet film and that's about it. Nothing about it stayed with me at all.