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- 2012
- Not Rated
- GKIDS
- 1 h 34 m
- 2012
- Not Rated
- GKIDS
- 1 h 34 m
Summary Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment. From Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas, two passionate individ...
Directed By: Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba
Written By: Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, Fernando Trueba
- 2012
- Not Rated
- GKIDS
- 1 h 34 m
- 2012
- Not Rated
- GKIDS
- 1 h 34 m
Chico & Rita
76
7.3
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Summary Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment. From Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas, two passionate individ...
Directed By: Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba
Written By: Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, Fernando Trueba
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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78% Positive
21 Reviews
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22% Mixed
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6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
76
78% Positive
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
22% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It's hot and sweet and made with inspiration and cheek. And it is not your children's animated fare -- which, in this case, is a recommendation.
This is the kind of sophisticated storytelling you rarely get even in live-action movies any more, full of unexpected turns and unruly human complications.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 User Ratings
7.3
78% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
9% Mixed
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13% Negative
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3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 User Ratings
7.3
78% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
9% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
13% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
A realistic, genuine love story told very well. It has good-looking visuals, the animation is fantastic, the sets look immersive and engaging and the score is amazing. The leads develop a genuine chemistry as the movie goes on (because at first I thought that their romance felt superficial) and it has much more going on than just the love story. It's thought provoking and you can get so many things from this movie and understand the point of it in different ways and perspectives.
This is an excellent romantic movie that will not bore you in the slightest. I highly recommend it.
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It's hard to explain how a Spanish-language film featuring not-that-sophisticated animation could be so utterly captivating. The music helps, of course, and the way the star-crossed Cuban lovers evoke another time. I thought of "Calle Ocho," "The Mambo Kings" and "An Affair to Remember." Loved it.
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You've never seen anything like Chico & Rita, simply because that jubilant palette and likeminded jazz soundtrack embraces its predictability with such vitality.
A delightful blend of hand-drawn animation and CG style that'll be soul food for hopeless romantics everywhere.
This sexy, pulpy, very grown-up film is not your usual best animated feature material.
The boy-meets-girl, boy-loses-girl-and-turns-heartbreak-into-great-art plot is as hoary as they come, but Mariscal's eye-popping artwork and the evocation of a bygone musical era (Charlie Parker at the Village Vanguard, Tito Puente at the Palladium) are delirious.
A shallow romanticization of Batista-era Cuba -- when the nation was a tropical paradise for the delectation of American jetsetters -- and what the revolution left in its wake.
A proof that animated films are not just for kids but for adults as well. This is the film that should have won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. I like Rango but it wasn't anything spectacular compared to this. Pretty much one of the best romantic films I have ever seen. It's portrayal of the early 50's is breathtaking, its design is unique, the animation, though simple, is full of life and energy and allows the simplest facial expression become a legit emotional feeling, the two leads are realistic, charming, complex and have an unrivalled chemistry and the music is authentic and timeless. I honestly couldn't see this as a live action film as it wouldn't capture the emotion and expression that the animation allows into the love story. I am in love with this film. Great story, great characters, great animation, great music. If you love romance films, don't ever pass this up on DVD.
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I may not be very stunned by this movie as i was from a foreign animated movie with "The Illusionist" but this still was extremely dazzling, amazing and quite charming movie. An adult animated movie with a classic romantic story over the span of life time and places with deep cultural roots and lovely jazz dazzle to it, this is a good movie to watch.
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I very much enjoyed the latin music played in this film, both in the background and during live performances depicted on screen. This is more a music film than anything else, although it is clearly an animated film as well. I quite liked the old fashioned style of animation featured too - there is a certain nostalgic sense to it. The plot is a bit cliched I suppose but its a pretty easy watch and I found it pretty entertaining regardless, with enjoyable music and animation, as I say and so on that basis, I would recommend it, yes. Oh and perhaps its worth pointing out that it is a slightly more adult animation, in that there are sex scenes depicted, so its not suitable for viewing by particularly young audiences. The dialogue is mostly in Spanish, so its a world cinema film - that may or may not put you off (there were subtitles on the Blu-Ray disk I viewed).
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"Chico & Rita" offers a beautiful and charming moment. Trueba brings a fantastic old story about love. "Chico & Rita" is like "Porgy & Bess" with latin sounds and excellent honor to Bebo Valdés. "Chico & Rita" and "Wrinckles" are newest beginning of Spanish animation cinema history. Soundtrack is faboulous, plot is solvent and directing is correct. Azúcar!!
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Production Company
Isle of Man Film,
CinemaNX,
Estudio Mariscal,
Fernando Trueba Producciones Cinematográficas,
Generalitat de Catalunya - Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals (ICIC),
HanWay Films,
ICF Institut Català de Finances,
Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO),
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA),
Magic Light Pictures,
Mesfilms,
Televisió de Catalunya (TV3),
Televisión Española (TVE)
Release Date Feb 10, 2012
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline Love Is A Song You Never Forget.
Website
http://www.gkids.tv/chico
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Gaudí Awards
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
