Review of La La Land (2016) by Edeltraud — 28 Jan 2017
Sure good, if you like musicals. But like most films now about 30 minutes too long. Too many numbers with just Gosling & Stone -- why not get more background dancers involved especially with the backdrop of jazz clubs? Pool scenes were lost opportunity to do a brief Esther Williams tribute.
Neither star has great vocal chops, which is OK, as it makes their characters down to earth -- still, would have enjoyed better skills - kind of thin singing & I got bored with the repetition of the theme song.
Also would have been fun to have more fully developed secondary characters -- i.e. Gosling's sister shows up for 30 seconds as a foil to his messed up life but then she just disappears. Stone has all these roommates who could have provided a counterpoint to her experience but who just serve as props.
A nice fantasy romance & yes it's nice to see a musical but really not quite up to all these raves -- still, miles above Mama Mia.
This review of La La Land (2016) was written by Edeltraud on 28 Jan 2017.
La La Land has generally received very positive reviews.
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