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La La Land


Directed byDamien Chazelle
A renovated version of the old-fashioned movie musical about making it big in the đô thị of Stars.

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2016S&P AwardWinner

Film reviews by Frederic và Mary Ann Brussat


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Director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) opens this musical with a lively and jubilant tuy vậy and dance number (songs composed by Justin Hurwitz & dances choreographed by Mandy Moore) on a crowded bumper-to-bumper LA freeway with the hot sun scorching the stalled cars. A diverse group of people abandon their vehicles và sing about the challenges they face in this capital of entertainment và make-believe.

Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), an impatient young man, gives Mia (Emma Stone) the finger as he drives around her after the traffic jam has cleared. She is an aspiring actress who works as a barista at a coffee cửa hàng on the Warner Bros. Studio lot. He"s a pianist who has a job playing Christmas songs in a restaurant club. Mia happens khổng lồ come into the place that night just as he deviates from the mix list and is promptly fired by the manager (J. K. Simmons). She wants lớn tell him how much she liked his music, but he rushes out of the club, bumping into her on the way without giving her a chance lớn speak.

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Both of these individuals have ambitious dreams of making it big in La La Land. She endures humiliating auditions và hopes that she will eventually get a break. He wants to xuất hiện his own jazz club and be his own boss. When they finally do meet and wander around the city, they repeatedly break into song-and-dance bringing lớn mind oldies but goodies, like the routines of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers or gene Kelly and Leslie Caron.

Their romance sparkles despite grave setbacks to lớn the mutual hopes of making it into the big time. Mia abandons Los Angeles và goes home after her one-woman show bombs. Sebastian downsizes his expectations và joins a band fronted by an old friend (John Legend). The open-ended finale enables viewers lớn imagine what happens lớn Mia and Sebastian after they both become wildly successful.

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There are many performers who don"t flinch when they must give up intimate relationships in order to succeed in their careers. On the other hand, some identify with the messy truth of the old adage that it"s best lớn "be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it." We admit to being partial khổng lồ the latter, so we were left with a bittersweet feeling about Mia & Sebastian. But true khổng lồ Hollywood tradition, we knew we could also see the whole story another way.

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Whatever ending you choose to lớn take home, know that the chemistry between Emma Stone và Ryan Gosling is impressive, & they bởi vì okay singing & dancing. La La Land with its glorious images of LA, the thành phố of Stars, is a renovated version of an old-fashioned feel-good movie musical.