La La Land (2016)

Academy Awards, USA 2017

Won Oscar	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Emma Stone
	Best Achievement in Directing Damien Chazelle At 32 years, 38 days of age, Damien Chazelle became the youngest winner of Best Director
	Best Achievement in Cinematography Linus Sandgren
	Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) Justin Hurwitz
	Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) Justin Hurwitz (music) Benj Pasek (lyrics) Justin Paul (lyrics) Song: "City of Stars"
	Best Achievement in Production Design David Wasco (production design) Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (set decoration)
Nominated Oscar	Best Motion Picture of the Year Fred Berger Jordan Horowitz Marc Platt
	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Ryan Gosling
	Best Original Screenplay Damien Chazelle
	Best Achievement in Film Editing Tom Cross
	Best Achievement in Costume Design Mary Zophres
	Best Achievement in Sound Mixing Andy Nelson Ai-Ling Lee Steven Morrow
	Best Achievement in Sound Editing Ai-Ling Lee Mildred Iatrou
	Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) Justin Hurwitz (music) Benj Pasek (lyrics) Justin Paul (lyrics) Song: "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)"

Summit Entertainment
Directed by Damien Chazelle
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Lionsgate)

Aspiring actress Emma Stone meets aspiring jazz pianist Ryan Gosling in a series of coincidences in Los Angeles. Despite Gosling feigning disinterest, she persists and they fall in love. They encourage each other to pursue their dreams, she writes a one-woman play while he tours with a popular band. After her play flops, she confronts him about his success playing music he doesn't really believe in, and they have a falling out. Later, he convinces her to respond to one final audition, which ultimately leads to her stardom. Old MGM musicals are updated for the 21st century, but its the same old formula. Spectacular to look at, maybe, but the songs are bland and the plot entirely predictable, even with two endings.