Magical

Rating: 10/10 (28 January 2017)

This is truly a magical movie. Sometimes quite literally, when the male lead discovers that he can lift the young woman in the air and then go soaring after her, like Woody Allen and Goldie Hawn in *Everybody Says I Love You*. Sometimes "just" with their wonderful dancing on earth. Especially with the fantasy sequences.
I am sure others have already praised Ms. Stone's and especially Mr. Gosling's acting, singing, and dancing. He in particular has a charm, and outright athleticism, when he dances that made their scenes together wonderful.
What I wanted to add was that this movie often made me think of Jacques Demy's early musical The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967). You get the same sudden dance numbers set on banal city streets - and here, even on the freeway! - with apparently "normal" individuals who turn out to be marvelous, athletic dancers. Characters burst into song in a, granted, unrealistic but still very natural way, often wearing outfits of one solid bright pastel color (at least for the women).
If you enjoyed this movie - and why would you not? - you might want to check out Demy's earlier work.