Not worth the time or money

Rating: 3/10 (19 January 2017)

SPOILER ALERT This review details the end of the film so best avoided until after viewing (or not bothering to view) the film.
The problem with La La Land, as I see it, is exactly the same as Arrival.
I spent a couple of hours getting into the film, only to discover that the ending made the rest of the film completely irrelevant, which sort of abuses my trust in spending money and time on the picture.
In all honesty, who would make a film about their relationship with their EX? Most people have a past love who went on to happily marry someone-else. Would you really want to celebrate that fact in film? I don't think so.
I left the cinema thinking that Sebastian had thrown away the best thing that ever happened to him. A reason to celebrate? I don't think so.
Also, five years later Mia has met, courted and married someone-else and had a baby who looked two years old. She can't have missed Sebastian that much then as she was supposedly spending the first of those five years making and publicizing a film. That gave her just over a further year before getting pregnant for nine months. Hmmm.
"10 years later" would have been more realistic.
All in all, a well made film but a waste of my time, money and emotional investment in the characters.