Review of In the Heights (2021) by Cinemaboi — 07 Jul 2021

Some pretty cinematography, and some good choreography. The actors are amazing and gave it all they got. But this is just a bad movie, y'all. No plot! Mad, mad stereotypes! Especially of women. It got boring before the halfway point. And after that? Nothing happened. Also, this may sound weird, but there was a major issue that killed any good choreography that was in there: Too many dancers. The camera had to go whoosh past like 900 people every two seconds. We lost track of our main characters, and we didn't get to really check out any of the cool choreography that was going on. It all flew past before you could be like "That was coo- oh. It's over." And here's what's really bad:

So much lame After School Special stereotyping of Latin people. Real Talk, this felt like a bunch of white kids from Harvard wrote a musical about the Barrio. Also Real Talk: anyone who was all upset about a lack of Black representation in this movie is tripping on acid. There were Black main characters, Black side characters, Black dancers. Tranquilo, todo el mundo.

This was just a bad movie. No way around it, y'all. No story. They said the neighborhood was disappearing. Wha? With a million people dancing in the streets, and a million more in the clubs and parties? Also, did the main characters really "save" the neighborhood at the end? It really didn't feel like it. One character helped another, that was sweet. But it didn't feel like there was any problems to solve. I don't get what this was about. And yo, who cares about the blackout?? Why was that even a thing? This ain't even a movie, mis amiguitos. Hate to say it. I had high hopes, but please be real. Don't be like the Critics. Don't give this movie props for checking boxes. Or not checking them. Look at it for what it is. Weak stereotypes in a blender, with no shape and no sense of purpose.