Why make a musical with a lead actor who can't sing?

Rating: Null/10 (14 February 2017)

I'm sorry but Gosling's singing was atrocious. Unfortunately, he wasn't the only person in this movie whose singing was not good enough for a musical production. Right from the opening scene you are confronted with actors who wouldn't make it past the first casting round of a Broadway show.
Don't get me wrong....I like Emma Stone but she doesn't fit the role of "young, aspiring actress" anymore which makes her something of a miscast. The story is plain boring and the dialogue is bland. Who wants to see Gosling agonizing about the nature of Jazz music in long scenes drawn out like old chewing gum followed by semi-neurotic "love interest scenes" which seem to pass for convincing romance these days? I guess two people who qualify for couples' therapy sessions after just having met is the new normal.
The cinematography is great and the director really knows how to "paint" moving pictures but it's all form and no substance making it the musical equivalent of a Michael Bay action movie. In my opinion this is one of the most over-hyped and overrated movies in many years.