Wonderful

Rating: 9/10 (23 October 2018)

I'm doing a bit of catching up with some 2016/2017 titles and La La Land has been one of my most anticipated. The film is absolutely brilliant from every standpoint. Obviously it gets ton of credit for the cinematography, score, songs, etc, but it's all for nothing if it doesn't have emotion...I haven't been this moved by a film in a long time, the "full of real life" ending is where the film rises to the masterpiece category. There's something bubbling under the happy-go-lucky cover and I kind of got similar nostalgic vibes from the story than what Boyhood (2014) offered.
"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" is a fantastic song that tickles all the right senses. Obviously every review has to also mention the opening scene...done! The two juggernauts of that year's awards season, Moonlight and this, are both something special, but I'd probably give the slight upper hand to La La Land. A very rare four and a half stars out of five from me.