Federico Castelluccio, Jennifer Lopez, John Ortiz
"El Cantante" is the dramatic-biography of Puerto Rican salsa pioneer Hector Lavoe. The film follows Lavoe's passionate relationship with Puchi and his skyrocket to international fame. But, even when ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 30, 2007
Stats: 1,139 reviews
I absolutly loved this movie. The acting was great (and I can't stand JLo)...the music was amazing and I thought it was well told. I totally enjoyed these 2 hours...if you love music you'll love this movie
Very enjoyable, good performances. Most biopics follow the same formula: star starts off poverty-stricken, small fish in a big pond, meets the right people by chance, becomes uber-successful, then the drugs, loose women come along, then tragedy. El Cantante doesn't stray from thi...( read more)
Hector Lavoe was and still is a salsa God! And no one better to play him but Marc Anthony. I particularly enjoyed his performance and J.Lo, whom I usually do not like, also rose to the occasion. Great movie in which salsa music filled all the breathable air..
this film is is about the life of Hector Lavoe which played by MArc Anthony. Anthony there was a salsa legend alongside real-life wife Jennifer Lopez as ?Puchi?...And Marc's wasn't bad at all!.. it shown there that drugs really ruined your carrer..outstanding performances for lo...( read more)
Hector Lavoe? Who is he? A salsa legend? A drug addict? An immigrant from Peurto Rico? Well he was all three.
Yet, this film isn't just about him, but also his personal and family life, along set with his wife Puchi there to keep him from destroying his own life.
Either way, t...( read more)
This is a threat to your emotions.
A truth to your reality
A music to your moment
A heart to your brain
A song to your history,
to your life.
El Cantante is not a movie.
Latino stand up y grita, this a moment.
Gerardo sorry i need to steal this words, you cant be more ex...( read more)
The music is the uncontested highlight of El Cantante, which tells the story of the tragic life of salsa legend Hector Lavoe. full review
Throughout El Cantante, we're told repeatedly that everybody loves Hector, though why they should love him is a mystery. For fully two-thirds of the film, there isn't enough there either to like or di... full review
The director (Leon Ichaso) and his co-writers haven't licked a crucial question: Why do we need to see this movie and not just listen to the music? full review
Whenever Marc Anthony takes the stage as Hector Lavoe in El Cantante, he unleashes his charisma and shows that, whatever his limitations as an actor, he is a brilliant performer.
El Cantante disintegrates into a stylized jumble -- even a straightforward jumble would have been preferable. full review
Lopez, Anthony and Ichaso seize the opportunity to make Hollywood's first NuYorican epic. full review
i will never show my kids this movie drugs and nothing but drugs in the whole movie
I love this movie! i watched it myabe 100 times people who said "They only did drugs. EL CANTANTE and didn't talk about nothing only drugs" that a BIG LIE They said Much Everything and said that marc anthony killed this movie! The Question is ARE YOU PUERTORICAN??? MEXICAN???? WELL YEAH I AM YOU DIDN'T RELIZE THE MOVIE MUCH SO GO FIGURE
Great movie and music! Just wanna give a shout out to my uncle JOhn Ortiz who played as Willie Colon in El Cantante! Great JOb to Jen and Marc! An amazing story with amazing actors!
WOW HECTOR LAVOES STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CANT WAIT TO WATCH THIS MOVIE!!!
I HOPE MACD ANTHONY ROCKS THIS MOVIE WITH SALSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;)
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