Another Oscar season, another Bradley Cooper helmed-and-fronted passion project. This is probably his best yet. That's really not saying much.
His performance is really quite fantastic. Mulligan, too. But who cares? This feels like an attempt at a warts-and-all biopic, but done without any innovation or imagination - but with the bum-aching runtime. About as by-the-numbers as you could hope to get in a modern film. It might as well be called 'Oscar bait.'
Bradley Cooper is undeniably a very talented, charismatic & hard-working guy, and I have zero doubt that he's not many years off of receiving the academy award he so clearly desperately wants - but on the evidence so far, it won't be for a good film.
His performance is really quite fantastic. Mulligan, too. But who cares? This feels like an attempt at a warts-and-all biopic, but done without any innovation or imagination - but with the bum-aching runtime. About as by-the-numbers as you could hope to get in a modern film. It might as well be called 'Oscar bait.'
Bradley Cooper is undeniably a very talented, charismatic & hard-working guy, and I have zero doubt that he's not many years off of receiving the academy award he so clearly desperately wants - but on the evidence so far, it won't be for a good film.