Review: La La Land

Ah La la land! The darling of the Golden Globes! The soon to be darling of the Oscars! The return to a golden age of movie making and complete escapism for over two hours with strong performances, great visuals and a cracking script! Was all this true? Could a movie be a homage to this almost forgotten era of the musical yet still hold enough originality to be taken seriously on its own merit?
The answers to these questions is, on the whole, an emphatic yes!
This movie written and directed by Academy Award nominee Damien Chazelle, (of Whiplash fame), tells the story of Mia, an aspiring actress (played by Emma Stone) and Seb, a jazz musician (played by Ryan Gosling) and their struggles with their art, love and life in the City of Angels.
The movie is played out in "old school" musical style for the most part, resembling an old Gene Kelly movie, with infectious tunes and fantastic choreography added to the colourful backdrop that is L.A.
Stone and Gosling are excellent too in their respective roles with their on screen chemistry is electric and both well deserved their Oscar nominations for their roles in this film.
Overall, for the colour, music, dance and drama on show this is highly entertaining escapism at its finest which the Academy will surety reward significantly come Oscar night!
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