Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott, Dave Chappelle, Anthony Ramos, Bonnie Somerville, Andrew Dice Clay |
| Director |
Bradley Cooper |
| Screenplay | Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, based on the story by William A. Wellman, Robert Carson |
| Cinematography | Matthew Libatique |
| Editing | Jay Cassidy |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2018 |
| Produced by | Peters Entertainment, Gerber Pictures, Joint Effort, Malpaso Productions, Thunder Road Pictures, Live Nation Productions, MGM |
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| Genre | Musical drama |
| Language | Strong impact, frequent crude language use is present. The language is used to demean others, expressed in anger and also in normal casual conversation. |
| Nudity | Low impact, infrequent nudity in a non-sexual context is noted. There is one isolated scene where a naked woman can be seen from far when she stands up in a bath tub. |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Low impact, infrequent violence with no blood-letting is noted, depicted by a few punches that are off-screen with no injuries visible. |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | The themes in the film are mature and complex, including music, love, addiction and its consequences, fame, implied suicide, low self-esteem, unconditional love and sorrow, which could be disturbing, upsetting and confusing to children under 16 who are impressionable and vulnerable to issues of addiction, suicide and sorrow. |
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| R: Restricted | Rated R for language throughout, some sexuality/nudity and substance abuse |
| Runtime | 135 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Suggested age limit 16 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| 24.com Ilan Preskovsky  It’s simply a marvellous, uplifting and heartbreaking piece of work that, being a remake of a remake of a remake as directed by the guy from the Hangover and starring a pop star with limited acting experience, has little right to be anywhere this good. I can’t wait to see what Bradley Cooper – and Lady Gaga – do next. | 20 |  |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy I imagine a lot of end-of-the-season award love is going to come this movie’s way, and all of it’s certainly warranted and earned. | 15 | |
| Metacritic.com 60 critics | 18 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 317 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer With appealing leads, deft direction, and an affecting love story, A Star Is Born is a remake done right -- and a reminder that some stories can be just as effective in the retelling. | 18 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 15 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Sandie Angulo Chen Cooper, Lady Gaga shine in tragic story of love, addiction. | 20 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 493 users | 18 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 7786 users | 18 | |
| IMDB 32309 Netizens | 17 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 15 | |
Average .. 86% | 17 | |