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Washington Heights (2002)

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Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 3

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Average Rating: 3.3/5
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Carlos (Manny Perez) is a talented artist who draws comics for a living. He's desperate to move out of his Washington Heights neighborhood. His girlfriend, Maggie (Andrea Navedo) feels more connected to the neighborhood. She's not so eager to leave. Carlos's best friend, Mickey (Danny Hoch), works as a super in the building his father owns, but he dreams of being a professional bowler. He's scheming to raise three grand to enter an open tournament in Las Vegas. Carlos's father, Eddie

R, 1 hr. 20 min.

Drama

Alfredo De Villa, Nat Moss

Nov 4, 2003

Mac Releasing

Cast

All Critics (42) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (30) | Rotten (9) | DVD (1)

A promising debut that makes us anticipate this Columbia University film grad's sophomore work.

July 31, 2003 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | Comment
Dallas Morning News
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Washington Heights is sloppy and often undernourished, but it convincingly creates a neighborhood throbbing with activity and caring.

July 23, 2003 Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Comment
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Deserves a wide audience hungry for sympathetic, three-dimensional people caught up in something bigger than themselves.

July 21, 2003 Full Review Source: Denver Post | Comment
Denver Post
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Washington Heights may not always be great, but director Alfredo de Villa lights an undeniable fire in the movie's belly.

July 19, 2003 Comment
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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A fine and absorbing film.

July 11, 2003 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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Director de Villa captures the rhythms and colors, the sounds and flavor of the neighborhood that gives this movie its name.

June 15, 2003 Comment
Philadelphia Inquirer
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De Villa has a light touch that instills the film with a certain charm that saves the day

May 21, 2004 Full Review Source: Las Vegas CityLife | Comment

A solid effort by the talented de Villa in his directorial debut.

November 29, 2003 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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The performances are uniformly fine, with Perez showing a heavy amount of presence and complexity.

October 3, 2003 Full Review Source: Oregonian | Comment
Oregonian

The film has an urgency and assured street-level realism that is rare for any film, let alone one by a first-time director.

September 6, 2003 Comment

may just inspire more people traveling Manhattan's red line to get off at 191st St. and check out the bodegas

August 22, 2003 Full Review Source: ToxicUniverse.com | Comment
ToxicUniverse.com

An affecting reworking of a traditional story, told with passion, sensitivity, and a little clumsiness.

August 4, 2003 Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | Comment
One Guy's Opinion

The genuine affection Washington Heights displays for the Manhattan neighborhood of the same name can't make up for its lack of originality.

August 1, 2003 Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | Comment
San Diego Union-Tribune

The performances are good... but they're just 2-dimensional people living in a 3-dimensional world.

August 1, 2003 Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | Comment

Buoyed by strong performances from Perez and Miami-resident Milian, Washington Heights overcomes the familiarity of its premise through its passion and conviction.

July 31, 2003 Full Review Source: Miami Herald | Comment
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good movie but needed more drama, it also would have been better without the old 70's style look.decent flick tho

May 3, 2011

Good film, effective gritty atmosphere, nicely cast.

May 26, 2004
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