Very Good

Rating: 9/10 (27 April 2017)

Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) a traditional Jazz piano player and Mia (Emma Watson) an aspiring actress meet and fall in love. Sebastian's dream is to have his own Jazz Club and Mia's dream is to be a successful actress.
I told them I wanted Westerns to be brought back and what they did was to bring back a Musical. A Musical of all things! Well, it wasn't too bad and it got a lot better after the first 15-minutes when they showed a traffic jam on the freeway and everyone got out of their cars to sing and dance. Pretty lame and you could tell the voices were dubbed in. What was I in for when this movie was nominated for all kinds of Oscars? Someone should have seen those first 15-minutes didn't work. The music was not of the toe-tapping kind the dancing was okay, I guess, but way overdone. I was beginning to think this was going to try too hard. Woe is us.
The story really starts when Sebastian and Mia meet and their chemistry was spot on. Kudos. We hear them singing and see them dancing. The choreography was excellent for two actors not known for singing and dancing. Hey, it worked and was enjoyable to watch all the rest of the way.
Mia decides her auditions weren't working and starts to write a one-woman play. Sebastian is offered a job by Keith (John Legend). The music here is what I would call Jazz Rock and is meant to bring in the younger crowd because no one really likes traditional Jazz anymore. Or that is what is commonly known. Sebastian doesn't really like this kind of music but it's a job and he needs a job. Things work for a while until troubles come to paradise and we see dream conflicts. Oh, oh.
The music and choreography - after the first 15-minutes - were very good and maybe those Oscar nominations were deserved after all. (Of course they were) The movie did get Oscars for: Best Actress: Emma Watson; Best Director: Damien Chazelle; Best Original Song: City of Stars; and Best Original Score.
Notable: J.K. Simmons as Bill who fires Sebastian because he wouldn't play the traditional Christmas music and ended up playing some serious Jazz.
This may be the start of Musical Revivals, but am still hoping someone will bring back the Westerns. (9/10)
Violence: No. Sex: No. Nudity; No. Language: Only on F-bomb was heard.