Overrated romantic comedy with boring references to Old Hollywood

Rating: 4/10 (26 January 2017)

This movie is overrated to say the least.
Because of the reception it had among critics and the amount of Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards nominations it got, I thought this would be genius work, a true masterpiece.
That's not exactly what this movie is.
First, Emma Stone doesn't deserve best actress nomination. She can't act if her life depends on it, has no charisma, no presence, and in this movie she has the same mannerisms she had in that stupid teen movie "Easy A". No effort at all.
Ryan Gosling deserves the nomination, but definitely does not deserve the award. Though his performance is convincing and pleasant, it's not amazing enough to be awarded with an Oscar.
That being said (spoiler alert), the plot is basically this: girl meets guy. They fall in love. Girl wants to be a famous actress. Guy wants to have a jazz bar. They both make bad professional choices in life, which eventually make them fall apart. Years later, girl is already a famous actress, married, and meets the guy in the jazz bar he founded (boring Casablanca reference, anyone?). She obviously does not stay with him and the ending implies that they never saw each other again. The end.
Basically, this is the plot in a nutshell. Now add some cringeworthy dancing and singing scenes, some attempts to dance jazz and a vintage costume design and you'll have what's called by most deluded critics "a masterpiece". Don't waste your time watching this.