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  • 2013
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  • Pantelion Films
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Pantelion Films
  • 1 h 20 m

Summary Majo Tonorio is a young hip-hop artist from Los Angeles who spits rhymes from the heart. With a mother in prison and a father struggling to provide for his daughters, Majo knows that a record contract could be her family’s ticket out, but when a record producer offers her a shot at stardom, she is faced with the prospect of losing who sh...

Directed By: Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos

Written By: Victor Teran, Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos

  • 2013
  • R
  • Pantelion Films
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Pantelion Films
  • 1 h 20 m

Filly Brown

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
57
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
7.6
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Summary Majo Tonorio is a young hip-hop artist from Los Angeles who spits rhymes from the heart. With a mother in prison and a father struggling to provide for his daughters, Majo knows that a record contract could be her family’s ticket out, but when a record producer offers her a shot at stardom, she is faced with the prospect of losing who sh...

Directed By: Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos

Written By: Victor Teran, Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
57
71% Positive
5 Reviews
14% Mixed
1 Review
14% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
57
71% Positive
5 Reviews
14% Mixed
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14% Negative
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70
Apr 23, 2013
Youssef 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.
By Aaron Hillis FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 18, 2013
The cast keeps us invested in Filly's furious resurrection.
By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW
67
Apr 24, 2013
Sure, 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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63
Apr 22, 2013
There’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.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 18, 2013
Melodramatic 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.
By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 15, 2013
A dynamic breakout performance from Gina Rodriguez helps this rap-infused drama about a young Los Angeles Latina overcome its patchy storytelling.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
30
Apr 15, 2013
The 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.
By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
7.6
60% Positive
3 Ratings
20% Mixed
1 Rating
20% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
7.6
60% Positive
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20% Mixed
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20% Negative
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Production Company Cima Productions, Olmos Productions, Silent Giant Entertainment
Release Date Apr 19, 2013
Duration 1 h 20 m
Rating R
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Website https://www.facebook.com/FillyBrown
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Awards

Imagen Foundation Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
ALMA Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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