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Movie critics combined give L.A. Story (1991) a score of 3.0589 out of 4
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L.A. Story (1991) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
But there is also a bewitching Los Angeles, a city I glimpsed on my first visit there many years ago, where after my team won in the Rose Bowl I was driven up to Mulholland Drive, and the whole city lay glittering beneath. For a kid from Downstate Illinoi ...read the complete L.A. Story movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
L.A. Story (1991) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Perhaps Steve Martin's hair went white because his brain radiates with such boundless invention that all the pigment withered off the follicles. ...read the complete L.A. Story movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
L.A. Story (1991) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The film is astonishing in the amount of material it contains. It isn't thin or superficial; there is an abundance of observation and invention here. ...read the complete L.A. Story movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
L.A. Story (1991) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Steve Martin's treatise on Los Angeles vapidity (and how love can be the same way) is lighthearted yet plenty of fun, even though its satire is often ridiculously over the top -- most notably when Steve Martin's TV weatherman records his segments in advan ...read the complete L.A. Story movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
L.A. Story (1991) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Variety (Staff (Not Credited))Variety (Staff (Not Credited))
Goofy and sweet, L.A. Story constitutes Steve Martin's satiric valentine to his hometown and a pretty funny comedy in the bargain. ...read the complete L.A. Story movie review at Variety (Staff (Not Credited))
L.A. Story (1991) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Vincent Canby)The New York Times (Vincent Canby)
Basically decent, intelligent and sweet. It's a fanciful romantic comedy whose wildest and craziest notion is that Los Angeles, for all of its eccentricities, is a great place to live. ...read the complete L.A. Story movie review at The New York Times (Vincent Canby)
L.A. Story (1991) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Hal Hinson)Washington Post (Hal Hinson)
Martin's poetic elegance turns to sappy mysticism. And if the material had been presented more insistently, it might have been insufferable, too goopy and new-age. Its modesty, though, is its prime virtue. ...read the complete L.A. Story movie review at Washington Post (Hal Hinson)
L.A. Story (1991) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.comfilmcritic.com
Steve Martin's treatise on Los Angeles vapidity (and how love can be the same way) is lighthearted yet plenty of fun, even though its satire is often ridiculously over the ...read the complete L.A. Story movie review at filmcritic.com
L.A. Story (1991) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
The trouble is, nothing about this couple is particularly rooted in Los Angeles. The love affair has a bland, generic feel. What's more, the picture lacks verve. ...read the complete L.A. Story movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
L.A. Story (1991) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
There are still plenty of laughs and some inventiveness along the way...although some of the gags and contrived plot moves stumble over their own cuteness. ...read the complete L.A. Story movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
L.A. Story (1991) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Desson Thomson)Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
L.A. Story (1991) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Staff (Not Credited))TV Guide (Staff (Not Credited))
Unlike Woody Allen's New York City, which becomes a staging area for character angst and transformation, Martin's L.A. stifles the characters. ...read the complete L.A. Story movie review at TV Guide (Staff (Not Credited))
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2.9580
L.A. Story (1991) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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L.A. Story (1991) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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