La La Land opened to rave reviews this week in the US and India. We have a a very few Hollywood Romance movies with song and dance sequences in the recent years and a musical should be a welcome change for moviegoers. A warmhearted romance is a perfect beginning to get into the Holiday mood, though the movie may not end entirely on a positive note. Checkout these La La Land reviews and plan your trip to the theaters this week.
La La Land Cast
Damien Chazelle returns six years after his critically acclaimed Whiplash, which won awards at the Sundance film festival and many Academy nominations and awards that same year.
La La Land (2016)
Director: Damien Chazelle
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt
La La Land Story
Mia is a struggling actress and works as a barista at a studio, to stay close to the world she is trying to break into. Sebastian is a pianist and a purist. His love for Jazz often keeps him away from taking up lucrative gigs and positions because he refuses to compromise on traditional Jazz.
These two struggling artists and troubled souls stumble into each other and then keep colliding until they find a common ground in their love and passion for their art. The romance blooms, but when the time comes to choose between career opportunity and their relationship, Sebastian chooses to stay back in LA rather than follow Mia to Paris.
Years later they meet again, successful in their careers, their dreams fulfilled, but living apart. The movie ends speculating the life they could have lived if.
La La Land Reviews
La La Land brings a fresh feel to the onscreen romance with some amazing music and energy that will brush off on you. The chemistry between Gosling and Stone is almost real and their performance s make this musical drama a treat to watch.
HollywoodLife dubs the movie as one of the best romances of the century and makes it a must-watch romance this week. The almost perfect scores by critics and audiences in La La Land reviews have added to the early reviews and definitely makes it a movie of choice this week. Here’s what some of the critics had to say in their La La Land reviews,
“It’s more vibrant than Chicago, more heartfelt than Les Miserables, and more successfully staged than a chorus of other contenders.” ~ James Berardinelli, ReelViews
“La La Land always feel emotionally direct and natural, rather than cloying, playful or cute. If it’s meta, it’s also millennial.” ~ Tom Gliatto, People Magazine
La La Land Trailer
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