The true story of Selena Quintanilla-Perez, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart topping albums on the Latin music charts.
Writer/Director: Gregory Nava
Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda.
Kristie Capozzoli ... assistant choreographer (as Kristie Canavan)
Miranda Garrison ... choreographer
Francisco Vasquez ... assistant choreographer (uncredited)
Watched online, ok print.
33 songs in the Soundtracks.
Before watching this, I remembered that Selena had been murdered, but didn't remember by whom. (Just looked up that she died in '95.) When the president of her fan club arrived in the story, I remembered she was the culprit. I suspect that people who followed the story back then already know it was a financial issue: (according to this film) she handled lots of cash for Selena's fan club, and for her boutique, plus had access to her record inventory, and was caught by the family. Selena met with that woman to retrieve financial records when she was shot. The film mentions that the thief had been caught by a prior employer, but things were settled out of court. We also see the basic dishonesty of the woman when she takes money from colleagues to buy a gift for Selena, and then takes credit for the gift alone when she gives it to Selena.
All of this is in the last 15 minutes or less of the movie. The vast majority of the film is the story of Selena's hard work with her family since childhood to achieve success. In that regard, this is, for me, a boring film. I've seen such stories over and over during this quest, and nothing about her story is more interesting than any others.
And her music, both the tejano and the American pop, is of no interest to me either.
Rated 6.7 (21,755).
distr. Warner, dir. Nava; 6-
