If you have a 30 million dollar budget, I hope you get some things right. The cinematography and aesthetic quality of the film were pretty great and it had its emotional moments.

Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling respectively breathed life into their inherently boring & unoriginal roles. The story itself kinda makes me want to vomit in my mouth, though it did seem like they were going for a rather corny set up so I won't let personal bias get in the way of that.

Bottom line, you don't really care about either of these characters. Their love is nothing gripping, its not forbidden or difficult for that matter, and he doesn't even have to try and woo her, just keeps running into her and eventually he must think "alright might as well give it a try this is the 5th time i've seen her"

cannot believe that this has a 99% rating on sites I usually rely on, must be a candidate for the most over-hyped movie of all time, and to the critics that gave it 10 stars shame on you for diluting the quality Hollywood should be able to achieve.

If you want an award winning movie that delivers on raw & truthful emotion and the human experience, see what Moonlight did for 1/20th (yes, check me) the budget.