Review of Barracuda (2017) by Masterriley — 05 Jan 2017

La La Land is a beautiful film about the loving relationship between Mia (Emma Stone) and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and their passions for acting and jazz respectively. It tells a really grounded story that focuses on the characters making you fall in love with them.

The casting is on point, Emma and Ryan give amazing performances and have really good chemistry together. The writing is thoughtful and clever as well, providing a great message and sastisfying twists along the way.

And because it is a musical, I of course have to mention the dance pieces. They are wonderful. I love the song choices and the choreography of the dances. I also really appreciated the cinematography, as they chose to use a lot of long takes with smooth zooms and pans to follow the action rather than cutting all the time.

And coming from seeing Whiplash I really enjoyed all the little references to that film, I feel as though La La Land is an unofficial sequel to it. Overall, it is a beautifully crafted film with a lot of heart and wonder.

If you are a fan of musicals or just great movies in general you need to see this one.