La La Land
La La Land
PG-13 | 09 December 2016 (USA)
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Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

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Gurlyndrobb

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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filippaberry84

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Billie Morin

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

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Ella-May O'Brien

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

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aurorapinto

Please don't listen to the ones who tell you that this is not worth It. This movie literally changed my life! It is full of passion, dreams, hope and extraordinary music! It absolutely deserves to be watched above all because of the magnificent performance of Emma Stone (that perfectly deserved her Oscar) Everyone has a dream and this is a film for dreamers, for people that struggle everyday in order to realize their aims and trust me, you can't die without having watched this marvelous masterpiece!

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tanstorck

La La Land has a couple of decent songs but the movie itself is not as exciting as some may expect.The characters are underdeveloped and besides the main two, there are no memorable characters.Although the ending is different than most romances, it is the most disappointing part of the movie.

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johnghattas500

Am i a fan of musicals ? not exactly mad about them but i was willing to sit through these two hours of film simply because Emma Stone is my favourite actress and i ran through all 17 of her films and wanted to finish with this as the crowning jewel y'know the one she got an Oscar for... and to be honest the movie was pretty good as it started with the joyous charm and combined charisma of Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone you had it on the money for a great Movie putting show business in a very legitimate light showing the pros and the cons and the sacrifices you make to balance out real life and Celebrity Life the ending was obvious as it is a RomCom in the end it was going to be the Happy Sappy ending that we all know and love and i would have been more than happy with such an ending... but then they messed with it... now i'm all in for philosophical movies or movies with ambiguous endings that keep you thinking and inspire you to approach things differently but that's a secret ingredient that only makes things better however this isnt how this movie handled itself : giving you pancakes for breakfast, Turkey for lunch and a vial of potassium cyanide (Poison) for dinner! so for those that havent watched it and want an ending that is such an infuriating kick to the balls so much so that i threw my popcorn to the floor and left, i felt so insulted which was weird because i never take movies so seriously, anyways the Two people on the poster you know those with the perfect chemistry and amazing wit to back eachother up ? those that would've made for a really good ending together ? she (Emma Stone) goes to paris for five years, gets married and has children then goes back to see him (Ryan Gosling) in his Jazz club with her husband!, he is absolutely devastated plays a sad note on the piano but then... what happens exactly ? i'm not sure, there is this montage with everything that had gone wrong in the movie reversed... he attended her play and her play was loved he married her he had children with her and opened his club in paris instead... her audition is accepted her life is wonderful aaand we suddenly switch back to reality... Ryan Gosling is still the one playing the sad note and she gets up to leave with her husband, both her and him look at eachother eyes filled with tears and then she leaves for good... THE END... i absolutely despise this movie right now... now i would never give it a 1 no that's not fair i give it a 3/10 for the sheer star power and colorful sets which was all ultimately ruined by the horrible horrible ending... people don't get that Romance is never about a brainless tragic ending there was also that other dumb movie called "The Fault in our Stars" the same issue, it gives you hope then ends it with a middle finger as a gesture La La Land's ending was such a depressing downbeat ending i'm so mad at it right now... writers, you had one job... and you blew it...

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tehblair

So, the obvious.. both visually and audibly this movie is nothing short of stunning. The colour palette, the score, the costumes; all practically flawless and with great traditional stage lighting to support what amounts to a very beautifully constructed piece of cinematography.The dialogue was a little too smart at times but it never strayed so far off the beaten path to pull me out of the experience. The characters were likable, even if they seemed to go for the all too common trope of characters that are only flawed because other characters tell you they are, whereas throughout the entire movie they practically make no missteps in any capacity.Speaking of characters, the leads were brilliantly acted but didn't feel quite as fleshed out as I would have liked. The leads, both Gosling and Stone stole the show and the chemistry between them never felt forced to me. Secondary characters were entirely forgettable and I struggle to recall a single notable one.The plot was entirely competent. Nothing groundbreaking -- but then I don't really feel it has to be, after all; moonlight and love-songs are never out of date~In summary, a great way to spend two hours. Themes felt a bit heavy handed at times, but the film was a feast for both eyes and ears and it's worth catching.

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