Evita

Name: Evita
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Released: December 25, 1996
Duration: 135 min
Rating: 45
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Jimmy Nail, Jonathan Pryce, Madonna

1996

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Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: December 25, 1996 | PG

Starring: Antonio Banderas, Jimmy Nail, Jonathan Pryce, Madonna

Summary: Madonna stars in the riveting true-life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve unimaginable fortune and fame. (BV Entertainment)

Director: Alan Parker

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Musical

Rating: PG

Runtime: 135 min

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Richard Corliss

But this Evita is not just a long, complex music video; it works and breathes like a real movie, with characters worthy of our affection and deepest suspicions. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff(not credited)

Alan Parker's big-budget adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's surpassingly shrewd stage spectacular isn't a big fat failure. But it isn't a resounding success, either: It's an awkward hybrid, neither lavish eye candy nor credible drama. Read full review

James Berardinelli

This brash, glitzy, energetic entertainment has the power to hold an audience enraptured, but, at the same time, there's a sense that what we're experiencing is just candy for the eyes and ears. Read full review

David Ansen

It's gorgeous. It's epic. It's spectacular. But two hours later, it also proves to be emotionally impenetrable. Read full review

David Sterritt

The movie takes no particular stance on the controversies surrounding its heroine, seen by some as a self-serving egomaniac and others as a tireless champion of the poor. Nor can much insight be gleaned from Madonna's energetic but oddly impersonal performance. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Experiencing Evita is like watching one uninterrupted long-form music video divided only by different arias or costume changes (of which there are untold numbers). Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

In what I saw, Madonna in the title role tries bravely not to buckle under the weight of Stone and Parker's sense of Stalinist monumentality and fails honorably, while the Lloyd Webber music goes on being nonmusical. Read full review

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jcalves93

May 23, 2020

A crítica foi totalmente parcial na época. Desacreditaram Madonna e a produção independente do filme, até Banderas sofreu com isso. Mas é um filme muito bom e ainda hoje interessante de se ver. Um dos melhores musicais já feitos no cinema.

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Littlegizmo

Oct 23, 2021

its a masterpiece and so Good.. i cried i kaughed. i sang.. i danced.. Madonna IS EVITA... she deserved an Oscar for it... i will watch it again many more times... with this pamdemic it allows us to see musicals in new ways... a must see

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CiconneF

Aug 5, 2021

me gusta mucho este musical, musica impecable, Madonna actua muy bien y se ve que se esforzo por que quedara lo mas perfecta posible, de mis musicales favoritos

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Joaslima

Nov 22, 2021

An epic movie in every aspects,with a great and emotional Madonna´s perfomance

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Matzika54

Jan 10, 2020

Just love it.the music is great,the lyrics too.as soon as one song ends, another starts and you love it too.madonna is great as Evita really!!!

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DevilPray

Oct 30, 2020

Her second best role after Desperately Seeking Susan. She did decent job...

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Rumours

Nov 24, 2021

Madonna worst actress of all time!!! Madonna worst actress of all time!!! She must retire!

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