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Evita

1996

Alan Parker

Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail ...

5.3

5,571

Musical. Drama Madonna tackles the title role in Alan Parker's ambitious recounting of the brief, amazing life of former Argentine first lady Eva Peron. Presented almost entirely in song and narrated by Antonio Banderas as a fictional everyman, the film charts the alternately revered and reviled Evita's rise from poverty to become a film and radio actress; her relationship with President Juan Peron (Jonathan Pryce); and her tragic death from cancer at ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Like many of the ballads by Mr. Webber and Tim Rice in this 20-year-old rock opera, [It] is naggingly slick and indefinite. It feels vague despite the clamorous, overblown style that gives it the illusion of stature."	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] allows the audience to identify with a heroine who achieves greatness by--well, golly, by being who she is.(…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A $60 million karaoke session trying to pass as a movie."	NEG
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"Whether you are a devotee or a detester of the piece itself, the film's assessment can echo Che's grudging epitaph for Eva: "She had her moments, she had some style." (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)""	POS
United States	Richard Harrington The Washington Post	"A busy movie with an often noisy soundtrack that can get tedious and monotonous (particularly in the second half), but it's just as likely to sweep one away with its musical, emotional and historical momentum."	NEU

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