La La Land's reviews
Media reviews
The Guardian
I was utterly absorbed by this movie?s simple storytelling verve and the terrific lead performances from Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone who are both excellent ? particularly Stone, who has never been better.
Screen Crush
'La La Land' restores the original movie musical to its former glory.
Roger Ebert
'La La Land' serves to remind us that movies can still be magical, and they can still provide the channel for us to see magic in the world around us.
Variety
"In his first film since 'Whiplash,' Damien Chazelle stages a lavish song-and-dance musical that dares to swoon the old-fashioned way, with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as L.A. dreamers".
The Wrap
The musical is as malleable and eclectic a genre as any other, and Chazelle reminds us how effectively it can be applied to intimate moments as well as huge ones.
Indiewire
"Carved from the legacies of Vincente Minnelli, Jacques Demy, and so many others, 'La La Land' is magically in tune with its reference points even as falls a few notes short of their greatness".
El Mundo
A beautiful and well-drawn metaphor about Hollywood itself.
The Hollywood Reporter
"He (Chazelle) really knows how to stage and frame dance and lyrical movement, to transition smoothly from conventional to musical scenes, to turn naturalistic settings into alluring fantasy backdrops for set pieces, and to breathe new life into what many would consider cobwebbed cliches".
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote