Cantante, El

As an Americano who loves Salsa music and dancing, I have been waiting for El Cantante to be released. Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez do an excellent job. It was also cool to see of Fania's other Salsa greats in this... Full review

I've read all of your reviews, now here's mine. Loved the movie!! Being a native New Yorker, I remember being at the St. George Hotel back in the day, and here comes Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe - they begin to... Full review

I personally loved the movie, if you dont know the music (salsa) and i am not talking about the beat, I am talking about the words to the songs. You would not know. I grew up listening to Hector Lavoe and... Full review

Excellent movie with great acting! Jennifer Lopez deserves an Oscar nomination. Could have told more about the evolution of salsa and Hector's role in its growth in the Latino community.... Full review

My mother was a teenager when these songs came out. I grew up knowing Hector Lavoe, Willie, Tito, El Gran Combo. This people Influence American. We come from a small Island, but we can make a big impact. I love this... Full review

My husband (Puerto Rican) and I (Anglo) absolutely LOVED El Cantante! What movie were the critics watching? Every single criticism that they made (the movie was all about Puchi, Marc Anthony was wooden, the movie was only about the down fall... Full review

I wish I could get a refund for this movie. There is no way I need to see someone using drugs every 2 minutes just to get the fact they have a serious drug problem. The movie was ghetto and there... Full review

I think Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony did an excellent job portraying Hector Lavoe & Puchi. I definitely recommend you go see the movie for yourself. I absolutely LOVED IT ;0)... Full review

If you want to see a movie about a singer and his drug use throughout the whole movie than this is it. If you are wanting to see the GREAT CANTANTE and his GREAT MUSICAL accomplishments than this is not the... Full review

"El Cantante" was a GREAT movie! This movie depicts the tragic life of salsa legend Hector Lavoe in its brilliance. When i heard Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were the lead stars in this movie, I will not deny that I... Full review

El Cantante , the latest on-screen teaming of J. Lo with her real-life romantic partner (in this case, husband Marc Anthony), is a bad movie, hence my numerical rating of '3' at the bottom of this review. El Cantante is nothing if not a generously budgeted, extended music video. ... Full Review

While one can blame the tabloids all they want, the proof of her unbridled hubris is plastered all over every frame of El Cantante . While the script and direction definitely drag El Cantante down, the portrait of Puchi in this film-true or false-places the final perfectly groomed and polished nails in the movie's creative coffin. ... Full Review

El Cantante is el contentious. El Cantante is more a guilty pleasure than a great movie, but at least it may spark a renewed interest in the music of Lavoe and his contemporaries. If so, consider the film a success. ... Full Review

But the film fails to convey any of that. What I said about the movie was that it failed to ... Full Review

the crowd's grinding to the music, it's hothothot -....El Cantante is a very stylish look at the roots of salsa..... ... Full Review

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Well, another Toronto International Film Festival has come and gone, and as the throngs of industry types departed Hollywood North for Hollywood South, some managed to bring back some souvenirs other than butter tarts and Cuban cigars. ... Full Article

MSN Video has the new trailer for the Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony film El Cantante. El Cantante is the dramatic-biography of Puerto Rican, salsa pioneer Hector Lavoe. ... Full Article