Kim Challenger

Have no idea why this movie is getting such rave reviews. American sentimentality at its finest. Bradley Cooper mumbles and crumbles with lengthy, painful, silent pauses and we could not feel the connection between Gaga and Cooper. Halfway through, my daughter and I looked at each other and we simultaneously rolled our eyes. Could not wait to leave the theatre. Sure singing was good, songs not particularly memorable, performances over wrought and over explained, a Star was not born, it crashed and burned into a muddy bog.