Filly Brown Reviews

The movie works best as a showcase for Rodriguez, transcending its simplistic script and clichéd plot in snatches -- when its leading lady is at the mike and especially in the film's final awkward family reunion.

Full Review | Original Score: 5.5/10

Young hip-hop artist sacrifices her true identity for fame.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Unfortunately, the film is marred by a story, situations and stereotypical characters that strike all-too-familiar chords.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

A trite piece of storytelling, with character development and plot points that feel not so much lived in as borrowed from other movies.

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A routine music business cautionary tale, the film shuffles its decks ever so slightly by casting a Latino actress as its lead, but doesn't do enough to shed the exasperating confines of the star-is-born genre.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

However much earnest commitment and passion that the cast lend to their roles, it ultimately cannot overcome the routine structure and approach to the overall execution.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

A traditional make-your-way-into-the-music-biz drama with lots of Latin-flavored grit and gravitas.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

More heartfelt, humanistic, and entertaining than such a clichéd showbiz cautionary tale has any right to be.

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Almost despite our will, the cast keeps us invested in Filly's furious resurrection.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Gina Rodriguez's magnetic star turn keeps this often overwrought film engaging, even when the script lets her down.

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Sure, we've all seen this story before, but that doesn't hamper this film from being enormously entertaining, with riveting performances, great beats, and poetic rhymes.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5