L.A. Story

A mini-masterpiece: perfect balance of romantic love-letter to L.A. and a gentle skewering of recognizable L.A. “types” and culture, wrapped in some genuinely warm and endearing whimsy. An excellent support cast know exactly how far to push their performances, with Parker perhaps the unexpected standout. Film belongs to Martin as star and writer; this may be the perfect distillation of his various comic personas (from wacky to “serious”) and it's clear he wears an aching heart on his sleeve.

A brilliant little satire. Perfectly captures L.A. The type of movie I wish I had made. Steve Martin is great, as usual. Hilarious and lovable.

Absolutely perfect. It's a 100 for me because of the absurd elements, like talking to a sign post or the notion that a sign post would have to come up with something in a hurry, or used to be a bagpipe...not just talking...submission...supplication? to a sign post...It shows desperation but also...some kind of bizarre equality among all objects in space.

Steve Martin comedy with a great big cast but not many laughs.

Super quirky and weird concept. It's got a great cast of actors, though, and I think that I enjoyed the random cameos more than anything. Rick Moranis sporting a posh accent while digging out graves at the cemetery? Woody Harrelson as a loudmouth boss? Hells yeah. I just don't think that in general, I got as much from this as everyone else seemed to get. Didn't feel the romance, some of the laughs got old, but the cameos... yeah, those were good.

Viewed March 9, 2016. Steve Martin is the rare comic genius whose work is generally devoid of pure cynicism, and is all the better for it. Here, his love for his city is palpable - it's why he's able to skewer it so intricately - and his love for people even more so. It's easily among his most ambitious films and as such, it feels like his purest artistic statement.

This is a quirky slapstick comedy film with Steve Martin. Lots of silly farcical stuff I enjoyed - its quite entertaining. Silly but certainly good natured fun and Patrick Stewart's appearance is quite amusing - he plays a somewhat Poirot-esque sounding character. Talk about the English vs Americans was a bit amusing. Some aspects of this film reminded me of a 1990s comedy starring Eddie Murphy. called 'Holy Man'. Recommended as a piece of daft & wacky comedy entertainment of the early 90s.

Reviewing: Actually this was really funny stuff. I liked a lot the fantasy part on it. It started better than ended, but the overall I enjoyed it much. Sad there's not that much fun in his flicks.

One of Steve Martin's better movies.

Very funny satirical look at life in LA.

Very lame conclusion to a film that surprised me, and I thought it was funny enough and they were fairly original gags.

just dont watch it...uve been warned

Although I dislike Sarah Jessica Parker with a passion, she actually doesn't detract from this quick, fun Steve Martin masterpiece.

Clever here and there, but pretty whatever for the most part. I really just found myself rolling my eyes a lot.

Some jokes are stupid but it's funny and entertaining

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For some reason, watching LA Story makes me think that Shopgirl should have been so much better than it was.

Dated but charmingly so

Mildly amusing Steve Martin film, but maybe I should rewatch it and see if I missed something the first time.

Uneven, but the best satire of life in LA that I've seen.

One of the wierder Steve Martin films. It wasn't that great, but hey it has Steve Martin in it.

Kinda cutesy, but still touching.

The last top quality Steve Martin comedy. A super sharp script combines with several excellent comic performances to make an endearing and entertaining romantic comedy that improves with repeat viewings. Personally I've always had a fondness for this film, as I've always seen it as the last in Steve Martins run of excellent comedy's that he made during the 1980's and early 90's. After this it was all downhill for Stevo.

Too quirky and self-conscious for its own good, but there's some clever bits and Steve Martin does some of his best work.

This is that kind of movie where you end up with a smile and "life is great" attitude.

There's a lot more to this movie than meets the eye; it's a love letter to the city of angels, a quirky comedy, a romance, a tribute to Shakespeare, and a character study.

Fairly amusing comedy.

This is a funny and well made film. Steve martin is great in the lead role and script is very original and interesting. There are several fun supporting characters in this movie. Overall I highly recommend this comedy.

Sarah Jessica Parker becomes sexy in this movie. I've had a crush on her ever since

At first the movie was pretty fun, but towards the end it just got kinda frustrating with all the relationships and lying. I know it's supposed to be the satire of LA but it just kinda grew annoying rather than amusing.

Steve Martin is so good that he makes you forget that LA is the biggest shithole. "She's not so young. She'll be 27 in four years."

Mini sketches about the strangeness that is L.A. people, with a weird plot to tie them together (the sketches, not the people). Enjoyable Steve Martin screenplay.

With a whole lotta whimsy, L.A. Story is either a love letter or a rebuke of the City of Angels. Steve Martin is classically zany and leads the ship in an often Airplane type direction while still leaving room for a grown-up love story. Everything is smart while giving way to a surprising amount of laughs.