A fantastic unique loveletter to musicals

Rating: 9/10 (16 January 2017)

I had heard so much about this film that I knew I had to see it and I have now seen la la land as I really really love this film. The premise of this film sees a jazz pianist fall in love with a failing actress and we see there journey. Ryan gosling plays Sebastian the jazz pianist and he is fantastic in this film, he just has so much charisma in this film and you see him as the coolest guy in any film. He has such a passion for jazz that you want to see him succeed and you buy him as a character. Emma stone plays Mia the failing actress and she is truly great in this film, she is incredibly relatable and like gosling you want to see her succeed in her dreams and you really care about her character. Gosling and stones chemistry is what really carries this movie and I ended up caring about There relationship as the film progresses and develops. However, my one negative in this film is the fact there is a supporting cast in this film that is just there to sing and dance which I thought could have been used in a better way. There is a cameo in this film that I didn't know was coming so I am not going to spoil it in case you have missed it too but it was gratifying. But it does make you wish this cameo was in this film allot more. The story is a great journey of two people that have different passions but you see there relationship develop and you really care about how there relationship develops throughout there movie and how both characters own personal journey takes twists and turns that are great to watch. The script has great dialogue that make these characters charming and relatable to anybody really. But when the drama hits it also feels pretty real and you see the drama play out very well. The style of this film is probably the most unique thing about this film, this is a loveletter to musicals of old and it does it pretty well the songs are memorable and catchy and it does help the main characters characterization. The dance moves are also great and helps make this an easy watch. Overall I liked this movie and then for the next few hours I was thinking about the film and I ended up loving it, so even if you are not a fan of musicals this is worth a watch.