People saying this is "the best movie they've ever seen" must have NEVER seen any other musical, ever. Or any other movie, for that matter. I love Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, but their singing and dancing is mediocre-not what you want to see from your leading man and lady in a supposed musical. The storyline is slow and boring. I didn't feel invested at all, even at more than halfway through the movie. Gosling's character is a snob, who tries to force everyone else to have the exact same opinion about jazz as he does, and overall he's just a huge jerk. I didn't sense any chemistry between these two characters, which I believe is directly the fault of the storyline, because I've seen the actors together in other movies and their chemistry was great. Absolutely over-hyped and overrated. If you're a musical lover, pass on this one. Unless you want to be severely disappointed.