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La Bamba (1987)
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Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 19
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Rock 'n Roll biopic on the life of Ritchie Valens, a young Mexican/American whose talents as a rock and roll singer catapulted him from the obscurity of a farm laborer obsessed with music to... Rock 'n Roll biopic on the life of Ritchie Valens, a young Mexican/American whose talents as a rock and roll singer catapulted him from the obscurity of a farm laborer obsessed with music to stardom at the age of seventeen with a string of pop hits still popular today. Starring Lou Diamond Phillips as Ritchie and an excellent Esai Morales as his brother Bob, with whom he had a loving but tempestuous relationship. [More]
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Danielle Von Zerneck, Elizabeth Peņa
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Danielle Von Zerneck, Elizabeth Peņa
Director: Luis Valdez
Director: Luis Valdez
Screenwriter: Luis Valdez
Producer: Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin
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Reviews for La Bamba
Perhaps otherwise destined to be remembered as a talented footnote in musical history, Richie Valens is immortalized for the masses in this well-conceived and involving movie.
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