a musical with surprises

Rating: 9/10 (23 January 2017)

La la land is a musical rom-com film starring Ryan gosling and Emma stone in the leading roles of a musician trying to find his way and a somewhat failing actress,this film is an beautiful love letter to Hollywood and music as they are blended into one musical/film hybrid,one aspect that needs the highest praise is the absolutely beautiful and emotional music throughout the movie that drags you into the film and is an absolute beauty to listen to that sets the tone perfectly for every scene in this movie,but as every film has its best parts it also has its bad parts.
Characters As everyone knows,every film needs good leads to captivate and engross the audience and this film has exactly that,the characters throughout the film expresses their struggle with their careers and their personal struggles as well which makes the audience sympathetic for the the characters and understand them as people,the chemistry between the two leads is so convincing and shows the development of their characters because of each other showing their support and love for each other but also falls due to the clichés of romance tropes but tells a much deeper personal story within the characters and their dependence on each other.
The on screen chemistry between the leads of Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone was a great addition to this film and really drove the film for me in my opinion along with the music,although the romance does fall due to the clichés it is easily the best part and really developed the romance in such a way that it felt real,i cannot praise the superb job the actors did in their respective roles and is worth all the praise.
Plot When it comes to the plot of the film for me its kind of hard to pin down what it was really about,i know the answer would be clear to other people who have seen the film but for me it was more of a music drives the film forward and gave me a better understanding of the story more then the actual film did which is quite a unique experience,being a big fan of the type of music used to tell the story in this film i enjoyed it a lot more then anticipated and got engrossed in the emotional impactful scenes that grabbed my attention and left me speechless.
one problem i did have with this film was the way they executed the balance between the musical side of the film and the character interactions and development,at many times during the film i would often forget it was a musical because of the imbalance of story being told and the musical side,this would often become jarring but the absolutely fantastic music made up for the problem which was an easy way to keep the audiences attention.
overall this film was fantastic and well worth the watch due to its fantastic music and great acting along with the great on screen chemistry from the leads of this film,if any movie-goer has two and a half hours definitely see this film even if you are not a fan of musicals. 9 out of 10