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Lady Gaga has been playing her own character for a very long time. Lady Gaga as a popstar is a character, everything about her is exxagerated, and it worked (or at least it did) quite well for that purpose. As an actress, it feels like everything she does has the same exxagerated tone. In House Of Gucci that exxageration already bothered me quite a lot, here it was no different. It's not necessarily bad, but it's not appropriate for all characters in all movies. Joaquin Phoenix is great, doing the best he can, but no miracle can save such a script and such a "violent" turn of tone when compared to the first movie. It was not needed, it was not fun, the music sequences as annoying because they seem to interrupt what's already slow paced, and the ending...

Very silly movie that'll probably please older people who are not tired of listening the same joke over and over again. Speaking of "tired", that's how I would define the attempt of humor made in this movie. The plot doesn't exist. People from different walks of life travelling together and from there a lot of "funny" situations take place. The acting is not natural, the jokes are delivered in a such a "robotic" way that you can see them coming. In order to pretend it has a teeny tiny bit of depth, there's a silly situation that is supposed to be dramatic or emotional, but it's more cliché than you can imagine. A complete waste of time.

It is very hard to write a review about this movie since there isn't much going on in it. The plot, is the same old revenge story we've seen in hundreds or thousands of movies before. A innovative or different twist? Not there. I suppose the idea of making it almost "dialogue free" was what was done to try to make it different, but for it just didn't do it, it actually made it worse. Some people love the fighting scenes and actually say they are excellent, but they're not good if you already know how it's going to end. Being "pretty" doesn't make up for a lack of story. Twenty minutes in and I was already paying more attention to my phone and waiting for the "final battle". Cliché, repetitive, boring. You do not need to see this movie. Trust me, you've seen it many times before.