This movie was SO overhyped and under-delivered. Once the spectacular 4.5 minute opening sequence is done it's ALL DOWNHILL! How ANYONE imagined either of the leads could sing or dance beats me! Gosling cannot sing and can barely dance. His first solo starts too low for him and to think they had the audacity to consider he was compared to Gene Kelly! As a dancer he's not fit to be mentioned in the same sentence as that extraordinary dancer! Female lead isn't much better. Don't waste precious lifetime watching this. Go a walk you'll get more out of it!