Filly Brown

Name: Filly Brown
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: April 19, 2013
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Braxton Millz, Chrissie Fit, Edward James Olmos, Emilio Rivera, Gina Rodriguez

2013

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Pantelion Films | Release Date: April 19, 2013 | R

Starring: Braxton Millz, Chrissie Fit, Edward James Olmos, Emilio Rivera, Gina Rodriguez, Jenni Rivera, Lou Diamond Phillips, Noel Gugliemi

Summary: Majo Tonorio is a young hip-hop artist from Los Angeles who spits rhymes from the heart. With a mother in prison and a father struggling to provide for his daughters, Majo knows that a record contract could be her family’s ticket out, but when a record producer offers her a shot at stardom, she is faced with the prospect of losing who sheMajo Tonorio is a young hip-hop artist from Los Angeles who spits rhymes from the heart. With a mother in prison and a father struggling to provide for his daughters, Majo knows that a record contract could be her family’s ticket out, but when a record producer offers her a shot at stardom, she is faced with the prospect of losing who she is as an artist, as well as the friends who helped her reach the cusp of success.… Expand

Director: Michael D. Olmos and Youssef Delara

Genre(s): Drama, Music

Rating: R

Runtime: 80 min

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Aaron Hillis

Apr 23, 2013

Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos's variation on the too-familiar subgenre (the rising inner-city superstar here is a Latina tomboy) is more heartfelt, humanistic, and entertaining than such a clichéd showbiz cautionary tale has any right to be. Read full review

Amy Nicholson

Apr 18, 2013

The cast keeps us invested in Filly's furious resurrection. Read full review

Louis Black

Apr 24, 2013

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. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Apr 18, 2013

Melodramatic and gritty Filly Brown marks the debut of a magnetic screen presence in Gina Rodriguez, as well as the final performance of singer Jenni Rivera, who died in a plane crash in December. Read full review

McClatchy-Tribune News Service Roger Moore

Apr 22, 2013

There’s nothing much new here, but the performances and the milieu make Filly Brown an entertaining, honorable installment in a story that is the American Dream incarnate, and has been ever since the first wannabe showed up on Tin Pan Alley at the beginning of the last century. Read full review

David Rooney

Apr 15, 2013

A dynamic breakout performance from Gina Rodriguez helps this rap-infused drama about a young Los Angeles Latina overcome its patchy storytelling. Read full review

Robert Koehler

Apr 15, 2013

The resulting film is a trite piece of storytelling, with character development and plot points that feel not so much lived in as borrowed from other movies. Read full review

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