Critics are literally raving over A Star Is Born

As A Star Is Born has had it’s first premiere at the Venice Film Festival, reviews have started pouring in! Most reviews are absolutely praying the movie, Lady Gaga’s acting the soundtrack itself. We’ve compiled all the reviews below for you to read!

Rotten Tomato score	Metacritic score
88%	87

Gaga’s ability to be part ordinary person, part extraterrestrial celebrity empress functions at the highest level.The Guardian 5/5⭐️

Lady Gaga electrifies in a Hollywood musical for the ages.The Telegraph UK 5/5⭐️

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper make (mostly) beautiful music in A Star Is BornEntertainment Weekly (B+)

But what’s surprising about Gaga is how charismatic she is without her usual extreme stage makeup, outlandish wigs and inventive costumes.TIME

Gaga, in an ebullient and winningly direct performance, never lets her own star quality get in the way of the character.Variety

The real surprise here is not Cooper, but Gaga. More than a newly born star, hers never stops growing.The Film Stage (B+)

Cooper and Lady Gaga are dynamite together.The Wrap

Her buzzy movie has a lot going for it, including a vibrant soundtrack and compelling performances all around. Best Original Song Oscar nods are in the bag.US Magazine 3/4⭐️

Stars, after all, are not born, they’re made, and no one knows that better than Lady Gaga.The Playlist (B+)

Cooper and Lady Gaga bring an impressive intimacy and tenderness to their scenes together.Independent UK 3/5⭐️

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga hit all the right notes in this update of the classic Hollywood musical.Little White Lies

Lady Gaga is a revelation in the rebooted fame tragedy, infusing the material with soulfulness and vulnerability.Time Out 4/5⭐️

A Star Is Born is a clear front-runner for Best Picture, and absolutely deserves to be put up as one of the year’s best films.One Room With A View 5/5⭐️

Gaga’s acting debut is impressive, especially, as is to be expected, in the musical sequences.New York Magazine/Vulture

Most of the tracks in it are co-written by Gaga, and her final ballad is sure to get the best original song nomination at the Oscars that it is so obviously aiming for. Gaga may even get a best actress nod.BBC 3/5⭐️

Lady Gaga’s most important project in years certainly brings her closer than ever to glory.Digital Spy 4/5⭐️

Apart from an early goosebumps moment, this adaptation is mostly rubbish and lacks screen chemistry between its stars.The Times 2/5⭐️

Every time Gaga (real name Stefani Germanotta) sings in this film — many tunes of her own composition — she completely kills it.Evening Standard 4/5⭐️

The live scenes are electric, a remarkable feat of both performance and filmmaking.Empire Online 5/5⭐️

Cooper acts wonderfully, channelling that sixties’ thing where we feel the self-destruction is what makes this music. And Lady Gaga is sensationally good. Film Companion

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