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2020
TV-14
Netflix
1 h 36 m

2020
TV-14
Netflix
1 h 36 m

Summary Once the world's most famous astrologer, Walter Mercado seeks to resurrect a forgotten legacy. Raised in the sugar cane fields of Puerto Rico, Walter grew up to become a gender non-conforming, cape-wearing psychic whose televised horoscopes reached 120 million Latinx viewers a day for 30 years before he mysteriously disappeared.

Directed By: Cristina Costantini, Kareem Tabsch

2020
TV-14
Netflix
1 h 36 m

2020
TV-14
Netflix
1 h 36 m

Mucho Mucho Amor

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews

76

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings

7.0

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Summary Once the world's most famous astrologer, Walter Mercado seeks to resurrect a forgotten legacy. Raised in the sugar cane fields of Puerto Rico, Walter grew up to become a gender non-conforming, cape-wearing psychic whose televised horoscopes reached 120 million Latinx viewers a day for 30 years before he mysteriously disappeared.

Directed By: Cristina Costantini, Kareem Tabsch

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews

88% Positive
14 Reviews

13% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews

88% Positive
14 Reviews

13% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
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Jan 26, 2020

Mucho Mucho Amor is a tribute as inspired and jubilant as its majestic subject, a true original, who “used to be a star and now is a constellation.”

By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW

Aug 7, 2020

Like learning how to cook a meal you grew up eating, Mucho Mucho Amor connected me with my past. It’s like the way air smells different and your heart feels a little bit bigger when you’re home with people you love and miss.

By Joshua Rivera FULL REVIEW

Jul 7, 2020

As one former collaborator notes, Mercado almost certainly wouldn’t have achieved the level of fame if he’d ever come out as gay. Mercado proved you could be idolized while still being othered, a fact that’s too often glossed over in stories of marginalized people who break down barriers. But that reality couldn’t dampen Mercado’s love–or lust, as he put it—for life, nor does it prevent Mucho Mucho Amor from radiating with it.

By Danette Chavez FULL REVIEW

Jul 9, 2020

Mercado the human shell is gone, but his spirit lives on, expansively. In Mercado’s universe, there’s no such thing as just a little amor.

By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW

Jul 11, 2020

Damn this is fun.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

Jan 26, 2020

The doc gives Mercado’s story back to Mercado. Better, it shows that Mercado is still the same spiritualistic, highfalutin’ fashion-plate as a retiree eating breakfast at home as he was on TV. The film’s biggest revelation is that Mercado’s mystical, magnificent, big-hearted shtick was no fraud — he was always the real deal.

By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Jan 26, 2020

It could use some sharper editing, but it’s an engaging portrait of a flamboyant character.

By Stephen Farber FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings

67% Positive
6 Ratings

11% Mixed
1 Rating

22% Negative
2 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings

67% Positive
6 Ratings

11% Mixed
1 Rating

22% Negative
2 Ratings

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Details

Production Company Muck Media, Key Rat, Topic Studios, XTR

Release Date Jul 8, 2020

Duration 1 h 36 m

Rating TV-14

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Website http://www.muchoamormovie.com/

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Awards

Imagen Foundation Awards

• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

Miami Film Festival

• 2 Nominations

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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