Hollywood self-indulgence

Rating: 1/10 (25 January 2017)

"La La Land" is one of the most over-rated movies I've seen in many years. How it won so many Golden Globe Awards and is nominated for so many "Oscars" is beyond me. A tissue thin "tinsel town" story attempting to pass itself off as a musical. Not a single memorable song, with a nice "theme" of half a dozen chords (a few bars even), repeated (almost ad nauseum), and not a suitable vehicle for the actors. Perhaps it would have been better if the singing had been dubbed by professional singers. Sheer self-indulgence by and for Hollywood narcissists, with nothing to redeem it, not even its nod to past real musicals.