As A Native Angeleno I Was Kind of Insulted

Rating: 2/10 (17 April 2017)

I didn't really care for this movie. It had a terrible plot. I think Gosling and Stone did an excellent job with what they were given, but they weren't given much. I didn't give one hoot about either of these people. Especially Emma Stone's character. I did not like her. Good performance but not of a likable character.
Not only was this movie not very interesting in the beginning or middle but the ending was seriously trite. She DOES become a famous actress. He DOES get his jazz club. Right.
The songs were not memorable. The only thing I liked was the small montage of various L.A. spots and at the very least they used the Hermosa Beach pier for one scene and didn't go for the over-clichéd Santa Monica Pier. But really, this movie had NOTHING to do with Los Angeles. This was the L.A. of people who have lived here for about 2 years and haven't got a clue. This was the L.A. of people in "the industry" which are, in my opinion, not real Angelenos. People who work in the entertainment industry seem to think that this is what L.A. is about and it's really a very small portion of what this city is about. Believe it or not, Los Angeles is a real place, but this movie was fake, fake, fake.