The Mambo Kings

  • 1992


MOVIE IS lovable terrific original musical conventional
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83 % Fresh
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 7
Negative reviews 2
Average Rating 3.5/5
lovable terrific original musical conventional

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2.0
None of the drama ever quite matches the dynamism of the musical sequences. Austin Chronicle
4.4
The movie depends more on its music; the soundtrack is terrific, and the ballad Beautiful Maria of My Soul is likely to become a hit. Rogerebert
5.0
This added familial dimension gives The Mambo Kings a fire power that puts it miles ahead of its closest competition. Spirituality And Practice
3.5
The Mambo Kings is most fun when it practically dares you to swoon.Its a movie you dont have to believe to enjoy. Ew
2.5
When the movie returns to its original strain, the primal excitement feels redundant.In fact, the garish, neon suffused mood becomes almost obnoxious. Washington Post
4.0
A corny, eye filling concoction of sound and strife, it recalls the heyday of a dance craze with the Technicolor splash of a 1950s musical. Washington Post
3.0
The Mambo Kings is fairly conventional in story and structure but oh, that music. The audience will be ready to dance in the aisles. Deseret News
2.0
Its as if there were a terrible telephone connection between the films vivid sound track and its tepid romantic melodrama, to which the music is suppo .. Ny Times
4.0
The Mambo Kings suffers from an attenuated last act, but its intoxicating pulse never falters. News Week
3.5
But none of this mat ters if you approach the film as a film rather than a documentary and, where you can understand it, the plot itself is never comp .. Archive Spectator



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