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El Cantante - Movie Reviews

El Cantante
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Director
Leon Ichaso

Screenwriter(s)
Todd Antony Bello, David Darmsteder, Leon Ichaso

Cast
Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Federico Castelluccio, Romi Dias, Vincent Laresca

Release Date: August 3, 2007

Release: Limited
Peter Sobczynski | eFilmCritic.com | Rating: 1/5
Based on the evidence seen here, Lavoe appeared to have a life that was tailor-made for a rags-to-riches-to-downfall-to-death melodrama. In the early scenes...
Roger Ebert | Chicago Sun-Times | Rating: 2/4
The godfather of salsa, Hector Lavoe (Marc Anthony, with Jennifer Lopez), rises to the top of the Latin music scene, only to become a victim of his own excesses in El Cantante...
Sean O'Connell | filmcritic.com | Rating: 1/5
Leon Ichaso's El Cantante, a frenzied and paper-thin attempt to lionize beloved salsa singer Hector Lavoe (played by Marc Anthony), convinced me it's time to put the musical-biopic genre on the shelf for a few years...
Susan Tavernetti | Palo Alto Online | Rating: 1.5/4
Close your eyes and concentrate on Marc Anthony performing salsa sensation Hector Lavoe's hits. Watching director Leon Ichaso's ("Pinero") camera-on-crack biopic of the Puerto Rican-born vocalist may be hazardous to your health...

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