Josh:
I feel like I should have liked this more than I did, and I didn’t, partly because while they’re good actors, neither Stone nor Gosling can sing very well, so it’s that rare musical where I’m waiting for the songs to end so I can see what happens next, and while it certainly feels like it was made by the guy who made Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, I wish it had more of the propulsiveness of Whiplash. ⏰⏰⏰
Steph:
I’ve seen this movie a few times now, and it always fucking wrecks me, I think because it’s about following your dreams and all that, sure, but it’s really about the choices we make and how our lives might’ve turned out had we chosen differently, and I’m in love with the last twenty minutes of the film with the couple’s revisionist story, the what ifs, and yes, I love all the over-the-topness of everything, including the whimsy, the surreality, the old Hollywood throwbacks, the costumes, the fucking score, and I will not be shamed, Josh! ⏰⏰⏰⏰⏰
The Bare Minimum 