La Bamba presented by TCM
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Cast
- Lou Diamond Phillips
- Esai Morales
- Rosanna DeSoto
- Elizabeth Peña
- Danielle von Zerneck
- Joe Pantoliano
- Rick Dees
- Marshall Crenshaw
- Brian Setzer
- Howard Huntsberry
Atom User Reviews
It was great seeing this on the big screen again. The older I get, the more I realize how young Ritchie really was when he became a star and then tragically died. The film captures the Southern California Latino feel.
Theater had a technical issue and we didn’t get to see the movie. So disappointed
Metacritic
This is a good small movie, sweet and sentimental, about a kid who never really got a chance to show his stuff. The best things in it are the most unexpected things: the portraits of everyday life, of a loving mother, of a brother who loves and resents him, of a kid growing up and tasting fame and leaving everyone standing around at his funeral shocked that his life ended just as it seemed to be beginning.
A dedicatory, sometimes sombre recreation of the career of 50s teen-throb Richie Valens, which feels like a personal project by director Luis Valdez.
A film like this is quite naturally a showcase for its star, and as Valens, Lou Diamond Phillips has a sweetness and sincerity that in no way diminish the toughness of his onstage persona.