Flicks, Adam Fresco
In The Heights is a buoyant mix of song, dance, music, and passion that’s hard to resist, turning even the most cynical critic into a toe-tapping, musical movie convert.
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In the Heights
Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) directs this feature adaption of the Tony-winning Broadway stage play by Lin-Manuel Miranda (who co-stars).
At Washington Heights, New York bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos, Hamilton) is unsure about closing shop and returning to his native Dominican Republic. Worse still, he's crushing on talented fashion designer Vanessa (Melissa Barrera) who has definitive plans of leaving the Heights. Returning from college, Nina (Leslie Grace) reunites with her community and old flame (Corey Hawkins, Straight Outta Compton) but struggles to tell everyone that she dropped out. In three days time, the whole neighbourhood's going to be hit with a blackout.
2020Rating: PG, Coarse language143 minsUSAEnglish and Spanish with English subtitles
DramaMusical
- Director:
- Jon M. Chu ('Crazy Rich Asians', 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation', 'Now You See Me 2')
- Writer:
- Quiara Alegría HudesMarc Klein
- Cast:
- Anthony RamosMelissa BarreraCorey HawkinsLeslie GraceOlga MeredizJimmy SmitsLin-Manuel MirandaDaphne Rubin-VegaStephanie BeatrizDascha PolancoMarc Anthony
In the Heights / Reviews
A.V. Club
This buoyant adaptation goes beyond merely re-creating its source material for the screen.
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USA Today
Viewers will find themselves immersed in a song-filled, universally relatable story about chasing dreams and building community.
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The Guardian
In a pleasant way, it felt like a feature-length version of that moment in Fame when all the kids start dancing and singing around the yellow cab outside New York's High School of Performing Arts.
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Vanity Fair
Basking in the film's ceaseless swirl is as intoxicating a moviegoing experience as one could want these days...
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Hollywood Reporter
A slight imbalance in pacing and energy doesn't diminish the pleasures of this fizzy entertainment...
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Screen Daily
A large ensemble of engaging performances holds together this bursting-at-the-seams picture...
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