- Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release Date: Mar 21, 1997
- Starring: Edward James Olmos, Jennifer Lopez, Jon Seda
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Summary:
This biographical drama charting the extraordinary career and tragic slaying of pop singing sensation Selena. (Warner Bros.)
- Director: Gregory Nava
- Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Music
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 16
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Mixed: 7 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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90For all its simplicity, however, the film is entertaining, even uplifting, with Lopez giving a stellar, confectionary performance.
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80Selena is in part a completely predictable Latino soap opera that should satisfy those who complain they aren't making movies like they like used to.
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60But the film soars when the stunning Jennifer Lopez beams and struts her stuff in a series of exhilarating performance sequences; she's a glitzy, thrilling icon a la the made-over Olivia Newton-John of Grease.
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50Missing is a sense of the interior life behind the smiling face that Selena showed the world.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 1 out of 3
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DouglasR.9Very good and sassy! One of the year's best films!
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