- Starring: Braxton Millz, Chrissie Fit, Edward James Olmos, Emilio Rivera, Gina Rodriguez, Jenni Rivera, Lou Diamond Phillips, Noel Gugliemi
- Summary:
- Director: Michael D. Olmos
- Genre(s): Drama, Music
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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70Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos's variation on the too-familiar subgenre (the rising inner-city superstar here is a Latina tomboy) is more heartfelt, humanistic, and entertaining than such a clichéd showbiz cautionary tale has any right to be.
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70The cast keeps us invested in Filly's furious resurrection.
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Apr 24, 201367Sure, we’ve all seen this story before, but that doesn’t hamper this film from being enormously entertaining, with riveting performances, great beats, and poetic rhymes.
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63Melodramatic and gritty Filly Brown marks the debut of a magnetic screen presence in Gina Rodriguez, as well as the final performance of singer Jenni Rivera, who died in a plane crash in December.
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63There’s nothing much new here, but the performances and the milieu make Filly Brown an entertaining, honorable installment in a story that is the American Dream incarnate, and has been ever since the first wannabe showed up on Tin Pan Alley at the beginning of the last century.
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60A dynamic breakout performance from Gina Rodriguez helps this rap-infused drama about a young Los Angeles Latina overcome its patchy storytelling.
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30The resulting film is a trite piece of storytelling, with character development and plot points that feel not so much lived in as borrowed from other movies.
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