La La Land (2016)
88%RT Audience Score: 81%
Awards & Nominations: Won 6 Oscars
243 wins & 297 nominations total
La La Land breathes new life into a bygone genre with thrillingly assured direction, powerful performances, and an irresistible excess of heart
La La Land is a movie that will make you want to dance and sing along, even if you’re not a musical fan. The chemistry between Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone is electric, and the candy-colored visuals will transport you to a dreamy version of Los Angeles. It’s a love letter to Hollywood and the magic of the movies, with a bittersweet ending that will leave you feeling all the feels. Plus, who doesn’t love a good tap dance number? La La Land is a modern classic that will make you want to watch it again and again.
Production Company(ies)
FM Productions, Last Waltz Inc.,
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Griffith Observatory, 2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for some language
Year of Release
2016
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos
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Aspect ratio:2.55 : 1
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Runtime:2h 8m
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Language(s):English, Cantonese
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2016 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 25, 2017
Genre(s)
Musical/Romance
Keyword(s)
starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K Simmons, Finn Wittrock, directed by Damien Chazelle, written by Damien Chazelle, produced by Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt, Gary Gilbert, musical, romance, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Christy Lemire, Kambole Campbell, Kristen Lopez, Soraya Nadia McDonald, K Austin Collins, Angie Han, Brian Eggert, David Gonzalez, Luis Bond, PG-13, Lionsgate Films, DTS, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, scope, 2.35:1, Sebastian, Mia, Keith, Laura, Boss, Greg
Worldwide gross: $448,906,865
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $553,277,066
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 259
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 60,335,558
US/Canada gross: $151,101,803
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $186,232,755
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 397
US/Canada opening weekend: $881,104
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $1,085,959
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,270
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $30,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $36,974,957
Production budget ranking: 1,014
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $19,911,014
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $496,391,095
ROI to date (est.): 873%
ROI ranking: 147
Emma Stone – Mia
John Legend – Keith
Rosemarie DeWitt – Laura
J.K. Simmons – Boss
Finn Wittrock – Greg
Director(s)
Damien Chazelle
Writer(s)
Damien Chazelle
Producer(s)
Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt, Gary Gilbert
Film Festivals
Venice, Telluride, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
Won 6 Oscars
243 wins & 297 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Cinematography Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Directing Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Production Design Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Set Decoration Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Original Score Winners, Oscar Original Song Winners, Oscar Winners
All Critics (469) | Top Critics (101) | Fresh (425) | Rotten (44)
It is joyful. It leaps off the screen.
October 10, 2018
Christy Lemire
What the Flick?!
TOP CRITIC
A gorgeously photographed, unashamedly nostalgic, bittersweet marriage of the modern and the traditional, proving Chazelle’s fantastic eye for musical sequences.
August 25, 2018 | Rating: 5/5
Kambole Campbell
One Room With A View
TOP CRITIC
With its candy-coated color palette and Emma Stone’s earth-shattering performance, there’s plenty of love found within La La Land.
November 20, 2017
Kristen Lopez
Culturess
TOP CRITIC
It makes it more difficult to just let something like La La Land just passively wash over you when, however well-intentioned, the film hearkens back to a time when black humanity onscreen was deliberately hamstrung.
September 26, 2017
Soraya Nadia McDonald
Andscape
TOP CRITIC
The movie has charm, at least, if nothing else. And as an attempt to pay homage to a vanishing world, La La Land is as dutiful as it is endearing - sweet, if a little sour, too.
August 10, 2017
K. Austin Collins
The Ringer
TOP CRITIC
It’s a story as old as Hollywood and jazz, and Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone feel like a pairing for the ages.
June 13, 2017 | Rating: 8.5/10
Angie Han
Slashfilm
TOP CRITIC
La La Land may seem romantic and wistful, but from the opening sequence onward it balances reality and romance, the frustrating quality of every-day life and the false allure of Hollywood.
April 5, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
When discussing the great musicals of all time, La La Land is a film that makes us dreamers remember that anything is possible. Not only can it be added to the list of greatest musicals ever made but to the top of any list as the best film of 2016.
February 14, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
David Gonzalez
Reel Talk Inc.
Chazelle proved he’s not a One Hit Wonder director and brought a huge and ambitious production to fruition, going from the austerity of Whiplash to the bombast of Hollywood musicals [Full review in Spanish]
January 2, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Luis Bond
Globovision
The Power of Love vs. White Saviors
October 2, 2021
Don Shanahan
Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast
As effervescent as the finest bottle of champagne, La La Land is an intoxicating motion picture that should particularly please anyone whose heart skips a beat whenever Fred dances on the late show or Judy sings on TCM.
August 17, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
It is a simple tale told with such visual inventiveness it reminds audience the power inherent in cinema.
April 13, 2021
Ian Brill
Battleship Pretension…
Plot
Aspiring actress serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and jazz musician Sebastian scrapes by playing cocktail-party gigs in dingy bars. But as success mounts, they are faced with decisions that 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.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels doesn’t say anything goofy or funny about La La Land, but it does mention that Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone provide “mesmerizing performances.”
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