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Movie Info


Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

August 03, 2007

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Leon Ichaso

Starring :

Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, John Ortiz, Manny Perez, Federico Castelluccio, Vincent Laresca, Jack Mulcahy, Antone Pagan

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

Review rate : C

“..Nothing gets explored at length, and some key points are glossed over altogether..”
by Mario Tarradell [Dallas Morning News]
“..It may be best to approach "El Cantante" less as a movie than as a two-hour promotional video for a must-have soundtrack album..”
by A.O. Scott [NY Times]
“..Ichaso?s direction is flashy but empty..”
by Lewis Beale [Film Journal International]
1 of 5

“..a frenzied and paper-thin attempt to lionize beloved salsa singer Hector Lavoe..”
by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com]
2 of 4

“..a curiously sludgy cross between a Doomed Star biopic and a J. Lo vanity project..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Gary Goldstein [Reel.com]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]
1.5 of 5
Reviewed by Randy Cordova [Arizona Republic]

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