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

| Aug 4, 2023

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

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

This is a wonderful movie.

| Apr 20, 2021

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

| 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.

| 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."

| 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.

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

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

| 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.

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

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

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

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

| 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.

| Feb 8, 2017

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

| 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.

| 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.

| 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.

| 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.

| 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.

| 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.

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