Although watching the varied but steady progression of Mario Moreno from obscure nobody to Hispanic superstar is interesting, reading subtitles gets a bit strenuous overtime. As refreshing as it is to watch a movie that uses engaging cinematography and classical musical I can’t ignore the frustrating fact that it is being used on the biography of an actor I didn't really know until now. Overall there here are a couple comical and heartfelt moments that a humorless xenophobe like myself can appreciate even with the limitations inherent in dramatic biographies; being constraint by the sequence of historical events rather than a conventional character arc.
If nothing else you can appreciate the movie as a microcosm of the transition that the United States is experiencing at the moment, especially when the English speaking parts are accompanied by Spanish subtitles.
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