Mixed feelings

Rating: 7/10 (20 June 2017)

I have mixed feelings about this movie. I really like musicals and also like jazz a lot so this movie should have been perfect for me. But it isn't.
It started great with "Another day of Sun" and "Someone in the crowd". I really enjoy these songs. But it was only downhill from there. There are only two more sung songs in the movie which is already pretty bad for a musical. But they are also very weak because the main cast can't sing. "City of Stars" is awful. Must be one of the worst main songs of a famous musical I've ever heard. "The Fools Who Dream" isn't that great either. It's really telling that the two good songs have (almost) no contribution of Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.
The plot is okay but told in a really boring way.
But there is also light.
Emma Stone acted amazing. What a performance. The cinematography was superb. I really enjoyed the lights, costumes and camera work. The epilogue medley was great too.
I expected a musical but I got a mediocre love story with a bit of singing.