So much accumulated venom drowns the film. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Aug 4, 2023

As one of Martin's original screenplays, it's a clear representation of his loves and his particular comic genius.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 13, 2021

This is a wonderful movie.

Full Review | Apr 20, 2021

Granted, there are some memorable, big laughs here but the movie that surrounds them is largely forgettable.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 20, 2021

If L.A. Story isn't thematically consistent enough to qualify as a classic, it's still consistently entertaining.

Full Review | Apr 20, 2021

A romantic Hellzapoppin' in a cushy milieu, this movie rivals prime Preston Sturges: "L.A. Story" is Martin's "Palm Beach Story."

Full Review | Apr 20, 2021

Steve Martin's romantic comedy is a warm-hearted salute to Los Angeles pretensions. It boasts just enough quirkiness to satisfy any of his fans who were worried that he might be selling out and abandoning his "wild and crazy" persona.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 20, 2021

Despite the film's antic, hallucinatory shimmer, there's something heartfelt and substantial at its core.

Full Review | Apr 20, 2021

Martin's customary wackiness seems strangely curbed and L.A. Story, while certainly not without its moments never quite adds up to the sum of its parts.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 20, 2021

...infused with a whole host of appealingly off-kilter elements...

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 23, 2020

More to the point, L.A. Story is giddy fun.

Full Review | Feb 6, 2018

Narratively, this crazy-grid comedy is slighter than a plate of California cuisine, but what it lacks in solid bulk it more than makes up for in its neon array of oddball cultural colors.

Full Review | Feb 8, 2017

L.A. Story has a fizzy-bubbly charm.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Sep 7, 2011

This is a very personal Martin project -- the sweet-souled, nonstop-funny testament of a native Angeleno. Sly and soulful, it's the comedy that dares to be dippy.

Full Review | Feb 2, 2009

Unlike Woody Allen's New York City, which becomes a staging area for character angst and transformation, Martin's L.A. stifles the characters, and neither they, screenwriter Martin or director Jackson seem to be aware of it.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 2, 2009

A rather slight film, but there is enough charm and wit to make it a pleasant diversion.

Full Review | Feb 2, 2009

Goofy and sweet, L.A. Story constitutes Steve Martin's satiric valentine to his hometown and a pretty funny comedy in the bargain.

Full Review | Sep 2, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 8, 2008

It's witty, irreverent and entertaining, this love story penned by Steve Martin, in which LA is a tangible character.

Full Review | May 5, 2007

Perhaps Steve Martin's hair went white because his brain radiates with such boundless invention that all the pigment withered off the follicles.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 10, 2006