La Bamba

  • 1987


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96 % Fresh
$ 54 Million
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Positive Reviews 13
Average Rating 4.3/5
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3.8
That robs La Bamba of a quality I think it could use: the sense of fun.This is a sincere, well acted movie about the short life of a minor rock n roll .. Rogerebert
3.5
While La Bamba focuses on the rise of Ritchie Valens, the movie is mainly a teen romance and family film. Cinema Crazed
4.0
Parents need to know that La Bamba is a 1987 biopic on legendary 1950s rock and roller Ritchie Valens. Common Sense Media
4.0
Basically, its a load of corn an up from the basement account of a pop comet but the movie has an energetic, almost naive spirit. Washington Post
5.0
Valdezs script gets a little foreshadow happy.Ritchie has a recurring nightmare involving a plane crash. Washington Post
4.5
The film entertains and disquiets... its tragic and troubled course is enjoyed like gentle waves. El Pais (Spain)
4.5
Writer director Luis Valdez has deftly and movingly turned Valens life into a meaningful cultural document. Associated Press
4.5
It is Lou Diamond Phillips sympathetic performance as Ritchie that makes La Bamba work so well. Cincinnati Enquirer
4.5
More than a week after seeing the film, I cannot shake La Bambas people, its vitality, the freshness of its vision, and the profoundly honest way it v .. News Observer
3.5
The story of Valens is irresistible both for its uplifting and melancholy message. Upi
4.5
Thats precisely what happened when, in 1987, audiences finally got a chance to see this Chicano icon get the music biopic treatment. Remezcla
4.5
More than being true to the time and place, Valdezs script and direction ring true to the heart. Baltimore Afro-American
4.5
Image: Columbia Pictures Aside from the part about Valens having a very short life and career, La Bamba doesnt color that far outside the conventional .. Tilt Magazine



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