Fresh
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.
Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
La La Land
Here's to the fools who dream.
2016 · 2h 9m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Damien Chazelle
Overview
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Breaking into song and dance can be both deadly serious and a whole lot of fun.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh
It's a movie with the potential to make lovers of us all. All we have to do is fall into its arms.
Stephanie Zacharek, TIME Magazine
Fresh
"La La Land" is magically in tune with its reference points even as falls a few notes short of their greatness.
Eric Kohn, indieWIRE
Fresh
For Chazelle to be able to pull this off the way he has is something close to remarkable.
Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter
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