A Star Is Born Family Review

A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.Seasoned musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally (Gaga). She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer - until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.—Warner Bros.Jackson Maine, a famous country music singer privately battling an alcohol and drug addiction, plays a concert in California. His main support is Bobby, his manager and older half-brother. After the show, Jackson visits a drag bar where he witnesses a performance by Ally, a waitress and singer-songwriter. Jackson is amazed by her performance, and they spend the night speaking to each other, where Ally discloses to him the troubles she has faced in pursuing a professional music career. Jackson invites Ally to his next show. Despite her initial refusal she attends and, with Jackson's encouragement, sings on stage with him. Jackson invites Ally to go on tour with him, and they form a romantic relationship. In Arizona, Ally and Jackson visit the ranch where Jackson grew up and where his father is buried, only to discover that Bobby sold the land. Angered at his betrayal, Jackson punches Bobby, who subsequently quits as his manager. Before doing so, Bobby reveals that he did inform Jackson about the sale, but the latter was too inebriated to notice.Long managed by his half-brother Bobby, superstar Jackson Maine is a country music singer-songwriter, who has the demon of substance abuse, primarily of alcohol. At a bar one evening after a concert, Jack meets Ally performing there, she long having given up on a dream of a professional music career, more a dream for her father Lorenzo, she working a kitchen job to pay the bills. They make an immediate connection. Jack, especially upon learning that she considers herself more a songwriter and is insecure about not having a traditional "look" which she feels is her biggest obstacle in ever eking out a career in the music business, tries to instill into her a sense of staying true to herself to show the world who she truly is through her music. Ally wants to show him that there are people who can love him beyond the artifice of celebrity. As they embark on a romantic relationship, Jack openly acts as her mentor in the music business. As Ally's star begins to rise from the exposure, she catches the attention of well-known manager Rez Gavron, who wants to represent her. While Ally's career hits stardom under Rez's control in a direction not envisioned by Jack, Ally and Jack's personal relationship and professional careers become at odds with each other, which is only exacerbated by Jack's excessive drinking.—Huggo