I have never been to LA but the film does remind me of my first time moving to a bigger city. For those that can relate it really gets that feeling of being overwhelmed in a good way out of you. Unfortunately my taste in jazz music is not very deep and the only person I can name is Yoko Kanno, but I can relate to the feeling of enjoying a certain genre of music that few others around you also enjoy. The last non-animated musical movie I saw was All Across the Universe and being a huge The Beatles fan I loved how they used the music, but in this case I had to enjoy it through different means. I do not care for Hollywood romance, but this movie actually ended in a way that didn't make me want to go hang myself.
