The best 21st Century Film Musical.

Rating: 10/10 (16 March 2017)

I always think Boxing Day is the start of the movie Year , the new releases come out and then the Award movies leading up to the Academy Awards. Well today was New Years Eve I loved La La Land. not everyone will my movie partner hated it but to me it's much more than a nostalgic tribute to old Hollywood musicals, that it is but it's also touching, quirky off beat like the jazz score at times and very contemporary.
No spoilers here except to say it's a bitter sweet love story judge it for yourself .A friend who is not into musicals particularly ,told me last week that he thought this movie could herald a new wave in musical cinema, the way Star Wars heralded a new genre in Sci Fi escape movies I'm not sure but I hope so the world needs to lighten up in these troubling times.
It would be difficult to find a more charismatic couple than Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone their on screen chemistry at times is mesmerising. Think Vincent Minnelli , American in Paris , Umbrellas of Cherbourg and the great musical duos of Leslie Caron and Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire and Ginger I'm talking about chemistry not singing and dancing ability , even though Gosling and Stone are very talented. Summing up a joy to watch , unpredictable and very entertaining , Academy Award worthy and I also liked the music.