| Gregory Nava (Why Do Fools Fall In Love?) directs
this more-or-less official film biography of the late
Mexican-American singer, Selena Quintanilla Perez (the
film is coproduced by her father), which emphasizes
sentimentality over conflict and plays down the star's
horrific death at the hands of a deranged fan. Jennifer
Lopez is quite good as Selena, whose
roots we come to know through the story of her father (Edward
James Olmos), a Corpus Christi singer who was rejected by
white audiences. The script focuses primarily on Selena's
inspiring rise, and it tries to muster some sense of
urgent conflict over not-particularly-contentious issues
(such as her relationship with a guitarist). But Olmos
does a fine job portraying the elder Perez as a
possessive sort, and the music and general buoyancy of
Lopez's performance are infectious. The unavoidable
subject of Selena's killer--a woman who happened to be
the president of her fan club--is considerably and oddly
downplayed. ~Tom Keogh -Amazon Audio Tracks: English/Spanish Subtitles: English/Spanish |
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