I did have high hopes for this one. Stone and Gosling are likable and have charisma and are certainly not lacking in talent but despite feeling Stone got the emotional range of the character right and feeling bad for her at her lowest moments overall the movie doesn't work for me. Maybe had it not been a musical it would have worked better. I didn't feel they got the singing and dancing down pat it was a weakness . Stone is good in so many things and Gosling has proven he has more range and a flair for comedy so it's not something I say with any pleasure .I just feel it missed too many marks . I also don't have a problem with the ending it's not something I felt ruined the whole movie or like some feel it was good until we knew how they ended up. I actually thought it made more sense that way.