It's Been So Long, but Worth the Wait

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 2016)

There hasn't been a great musical, in my opinion, in almost 30 years, but Damien Chazelle delivers an absolute masterpiece of a musical with La La Land. La La Land gets back to the basics of why we love musicals as La La Land feels like Singin in the Rain, West Side Story, Silk Stockings, The Band Wagon, Carousel, and so many other musicals which we all love and cherish. La La Land is unique though as it has it's own voice on how life really goes(also never has their been an opening scene where people are dancing on cars in a long shot, something so new and innovative in musicals, an amazing shot). Life is not always peaches and cream, as this is a musical which will make you smile, smile so much, and it will make you cry for joy and it will make you sad at the end because we don't always get what we want in life as La La Land so cleverly demonstrates.
La La Land shows the truth about how auditions go sometimes, and it gives the viewer a first hand look at how difficult it can be for two people to date in the entertainment industry (as why you see some actresses in real life date men outside of the entertainment industry, and vice versa).
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone's chemistry is so beautiful, you smile, laugh and cry every time you see them together in this film, it reminds you of a Rogers/Astaire dynamic, the stuff dreams are made of. It's been so-so-so long since there has been chemistry this good in a musical. Emma Stone has shown the audience what a great actress she is and that she is here to stay. Gosling is Gosling. He's always great. You can't go wrong with the Gosling.
I really get the feeling this film is going to win best picture this year at the Oscars and it will be between Amy Adams and Emma Stone for Best Actress.
La La Land is a must-must see film! Go see it as soon as you can. You will fall in love with musicals all over again.