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I feel guilty using the successful MTV show for the title of my review for this sad Netflix show. Jersey Shore is fun, this dud tries so hard to be pc just for the sake of being pc with the "diverse" characters. I made it to the third episode and it did not get better. Katie and the AI has a better chance of accomplishing their mission if they jettisoned the whiney and incompetent crew to space.

The minute the singer uttered "City of one night stands", I should have stopped watching this but I soldiered on. I was hoping for a storyline with Laurel Canyon scene in it since it was a "musical" of that period and about LA. Nope. Welcome To LA has a great cast that is totally wasted. I'm pretty sure the cast completely trusted Alan Rudolph on this mess and signed their respective contracts and have to suck it up.

Sissy Spacek, Sally Kellerman and Geraldine Chaplin were were good all things considered. Is the whole movie a flashback? I waited and waited for a narrative but the writer hid it with the Easter eggs. Scenes like a minute of Geraldine walking on an alley emoting, then cut to an unrelated scene. Cut and paste is a bad way. Rudolph trying to be a 1970s Alain Resnais, he is not by a long shot.

Being an Angeleno who loves movies about LA, I say avoid this movie at all costs.

Ps I looked up the singer Richard Baskin on Discogs and I am happy to tell everyone that his contribution to the soundtrack was the last of his recording career.

On the get go, I thought this could be the Aussie movie that will out shine its predecessors like Mad Max or Priscilla as far as originality is concerned. Where do I start? The minute that pop music hit the screen, it was game over for me. Add to that scenes where the actors clearly do not know what they are doing. like standing around doing nothing in the background. The two stars are for the decent special efx (despite its budget) and some fair editing. For the people who sat through this mess all the way, you are a sucker for punishment.