La Bamba
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Synopsis
Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper.
Cast
- Lou Diamond Phillips
- Esai Morales
- Rosanna DeSoto
- Elizabeth Peña
- Danielle von Zerneck
- Joe Pantoliano
- Rick Dees
- Marshall Crenshaw
- Howard Huntsberry
- Brian Setzer
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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.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
A dedicatory, sometimes sombre recreation of the career of 50s teen-throb Richie Valens, which feels like a personal project by director Luis Valdez.
William Thomas
Empire
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.
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
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