Yes - La La Land does live up to the hype. It is an unbridled love-letter to classic film musicals done with a wry contemporary twist, from its affectionately-retro opening screen and Fame-like musical number in a freeway traffic jam that first briefly connects our two protagonists to the big Hollywood production-number finale. This film is designed to please, with its catchy ear-worm numbers, beautiful design and use of locations and some real creativity on show, throwing so many non-naturalistic musical tropes at the audience which amazingly land and work, and is driven by utterly charismatic performances from two of Hollywood's most talented and intelligent performers in Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. It does follow the Hollywood romance musical arc to the letter, and the second half is slightly less tight and more unwieldy than the first, but make no mistake: La La Land is a big old warm-hearted delightful hug of a movie that should put a smile on anyone's face.
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