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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonLos Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonThe cast keeps us invested in Filly's furious resurrection.
- 70Village VoiceAaron HillisVillage VoiceAaron HillisYoussef 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.
- 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.
- 63USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigMelodramatic 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.
- 63McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThere’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.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyA dynamic breakout performance from Gina Rodriguez helps this rap-infused drama about a young Los Angeles Latina overcome its patchy storytelling.
- 30VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerThe 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.