Greatly Overrated

Rating: 6/10 (31 January 2017)

I went to see this film, feeling I had to after the rave critic reviews, the 14 Oscar nominations and the high IMDb score. I am not a great fan of musicals but remember Grease etc for some great dancing and singing. I went with my wife and 3 friends. Usually our perceptions and views on a film are quite varied! In the case La La Land we were all in agreement that the film had nice scenery and photography and good acting from the two leads but overall was a very ordinary film of a sentimental love story. The backdrop is the taken for granted opulence of the California wealthy where even an actress searching for work drives a new Toyota Prius (probably hybrid) and the lead male character, apparently short of money, gets a suit made to measure and somehow buys (?) a bar/nightclub. In conclusion the film is over- hyped, overrated average romantic tosh. Don't waste your money on this but instead go see a much better film such as Manchester by the Sea. This is my first written review which I felt compelled to give as IMDb's average score and critics have got it so wrong.