Review of La Bamba (1987) by Liz K — 11 Oct 2014

I never really know how to deal with biopics. Is it more important to be accurate to a real person's life or to have a point? I think that's why I don't like biopics as much as other movies. I always want to like them, and they can be really well made, but I'm always left at the end going "so..... what was the message to take from that?" I guess the message here is if you're afraid of flying don't get on tiny little chartered planes to North Dakota.... even if you're not afraid of flying you should really probably go out of your way to avoid that.

So, partly missing a star for that, but it was entertaining and mostly the acting was good, so I might've only taken half a star if it weren't for the terrible chemistry and stilted acting in most of the Ritchie/Donna scenes. And the snake. Even snakes are supposed to be safe and happy all of the time.