La La Land
2016 | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Why it’s a Friday Night Flick
Critics loved it (91%), audiences adore it (7.9/10), it won 6 Oscars and it made about 17 times its budget. Make plans for this one.
Our take: A modern movie musical and love letter to Los Angeles dreamers, divisive but undeniably crafted.
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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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
91% on Rotten Tomatoes, 94 on Metacritic
- AudiencesVery strong
7.9/10 from 19K viewers
- AwardsVery strong
13 wins, 7 other nominations — won Academy Award for Best Director; won Academy Award for Best Actress
- Box office & staying powerVery strong
$509 million worldwide on a $30 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactVery strong
1.2 million Wikipedia readers in the past year
Where to watch in US
Lionsgate+ Amazon ChannelRent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling, Plex
Trailer
Cast & crew
Directed by Damien Chazelle
- Ryan GoslingSebastian
- Emma StoneMia
- John LegendKeith
- Rosemarie DeWittLaura
- Finn WittrockGreg
- Callie HernandezTracy
- Sonoya MizunoCaitlin
- Jessica RotheAlexis
- Tom Everett ScottDavid
- Josh PenceJosh