- dir. DAMIEN CHAZELLE
- year. 2016
- country. USA
- run-time. 128min
- rating. 12A
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American romantic musical film written and directed by Damien Chazelle, and starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as a musician and an aspiring actress who meet and fall in love in Los Angeles.
The film's title refers both to the city of Los Angeles and to the idiom for being out of touch with reality.
At the 89th Academy Awards, La La Land received a leading six awards, including Best Director, Best Actress (for Stone), Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Original Song ("City of Stars") and Best Production Design
“Audacious, retro, funny and heartfelt, La La Land is the latest great musical for people who don’t like musicals – and will slap a mile-wide smile across the most miserable of faces.”
“La La Land isn’t a masterpiece (and on some level it wants to be). Yet it’s an elating ramble of a movie, ardent and full of feeling, passionate but also exquisitely controlled.”
“It’s a film that re-enacts, with rare originality, a classic role for the movie medium—escapist entertainment in troubled times.”
“For a film that starts with a slightly campy musical number that could alienate viewers just as easily as charm them, this romance sure makes the leap to greatness quickly.”
Part of our Summer Musicals season.