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A Second Look at 'La La Land': Why It's Not Just Good, But Great

by Owen Gleiberman

“La La Land,” in theory, is a movie that needs no explanation. The simplest thing you could call it is “an old-fashioned musical” " which means, of course, that it's a big colorful splashy cornball swoon of a movie, one that traffics in the kind of billboard emotions (Love! Sadness! Joy!) and timeless Hollywood forms (Singing!... Read more »

SOURCE: Variety at 12:32pm on January 1, 2017