LA LA LAND  4.0***

    What a delight ... a sheer delight. I found myself often just pushing back in my seat with a smile .. no a grin on my face enjoying hugely the magic of a sparkling movie !!!! There are many movies I like but not that often does one come along like this one where I can feel the joy of great movie making.

It's in some ways a rather simple story but in other ways very complicated because life is that way . We have a guy ( Ryan Gosling ) who is a serious jazz pianist who fears jazz is disappearing & wants to have his own jazz nightclub. We have a gal ( Emma Stone ) who is an aspiring actress who for 6 years has been turned down time after time at auditions. They meet and in time they fall in love with each respecting & supporting the other's dream. This story is told with sparkling music and dancing , and Gosling & Stone do it together & are excellent. This is where the delight & joy comes in . They as a couple are a perfect match... they are sizzling together.

Well sometimes dreams and romance don't match up & that becomes a dilemma for the couple . What happens ... well I won't tell . You'll have to see the movie and I highly recommend that you do and on the big screen with the big sound !!!

The critics love this movie and the movie goers do too . It's for sure going to be up for awards & deservingly so .

This is a romance story with brilliant singing & dancing ... not a musical with a romance thrown in. It's unique .. a gamble that pays off big time.

This is the most entertaining movie I have seen this year & beyond.

Clark