A fun romantic musical about Los Angeles and dreams

Rating: 7/10 (28 December 2016)

The love story set in Los Angeles was written and directed by Damien Chazelle. The movie stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as lovers who meet and fall and love and then gain success all within a year. The story begins with Stone's Mia as she auditions for parts in television shows hoping to make it as an actor. After a rough day, she wanders into a restaurant and meets a gruff pianist, Goslin's Sebastian. Sebastian hopes to reopen his jazz club but in the meantime is forced to play Christmas songs and sit outside his old place drinking coffee and brooding. Mia hears Sebastian playing and tries to talk to him but he brushes by her. it isn't until later that they encounter one another once again. They begin a flirtatious tap dance though they still deny that there is any spark between them.