The long raved about film, ‘La La Land‘ was not what anyone was expecting. The romantic comedy took a twist when the actors broke out in song, the story tells about Mia (Emma Stone) and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling)  who are drawn together by their common ambition to follow their dreams, but as their dreams become reality they are compelled to make decisions that soon take a toll on their relationship,and their once common ambitions are what begin to tear them apart. With the creative mind of Damien Chazelle, the screen play writer and director, took the classic romance movie and turned it into a spectacular musical, leaving the audience at the edge of their seat.

La la Land was released in theaters December 9, 2016, and now more than a month later viewers are still obsessed with it. Critics form Rotten Tomatoes say that the film “breathes new life into a bygone genre with thrillingly assured direction, powerful performances, and an irresistible excess of heart”.  Taking the idea of love to a whole new level, La la Land showed how sometimes love can be so overwhelming and exciting that the only way to truly express is it, is to sing and dance.

The film was able to make $74,081,569.00 at the box office and was released in more than 1200 theaters which is more than what most major releases see and a huge deal since it had a small budget. La la Land also is the winner of 7  Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture. With such huge success the creators of La La Land and the Lionsgate executives were able to defy all the expectations and create an original Hollywood masterpiece that worked in the boxoffices after many years of others attempts and failures.