I was expecting a wonderful song and dance extravaganza with a great story. Wow! Was I ever disappointed! I wanted to leave half way through it was so cheesy! The big song and dance routines in particular were embarrassingly stupid

I endured until the end, but sadly it didn't even begin to recover my anticipatory enthusiasm.

The jazz was great, John Legend was great, Ryan Gosling is a very attractive man and I enjoyed his singing and dancing and found his character very likable, but that's all of the positives.

Emma Stone's character has a vacuous, narcissistic and superficial personality with little talent and no idea of real values. I could not identify with her or feel any empathy at all for her plight. I suspect many of those voting for the Academy Awards may be cast in a similar mould and therefore may have found it appealing. There must be some explanation!

I can't believe anyone with roots in the real world would find this film particularly riveting or enjoyable hence my one star rating.