Manito
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Universal acclaim- based on 24 Ratings
- Starring: Franky G, Jessica Morales, Leo Minaya
- Summary:
- Director: Eric Eason
- Genre(s): Drama, Family
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Positive: 15 out of 19
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Mixed: 4 out of 19
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90As a dramatist Eason has a classicist's sense of structure and movement to complement his sense of the cinematic. Manito, which has a special grand jury prize from Sundance among its 10 awards, is a small film with a big impact.
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80Manito is the rare little movie that gets bigger as it goes along--so big that it can hardly contain its own emotion.
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80Eason's twist of fate and too-sudden ending seems as rooted in Washington Heights as the music that pours from the neighborhood's car windows, the smoke that billows from its late-night eateries, and the stoic resignation inscribed on its inhabitants' faces.
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60Eason balances the clichés of a fairly standard story with convincing realism and a powerful momentum that never flags.
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Positive: 22 out of 22
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Mixed: 0 out of 22
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Negative: 0 out of 22
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BillB.9Fantastic first film. Totally distinct. A great director has landed. Dying to see his next film!
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SweetmanS.8Powerful and devastating glimpse of life in the NYC Washington Heights Latino community.
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