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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   786 votes
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Director:
Leon Ichaso
Writer:
Leon Ichaso (written by)
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Release Date:
12 April 2002 (Brazil) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Plot:
"Piņero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piņero... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
6 wins & 3 nominations more
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(8 articles)
Bratt and Wife Have Baby Boy
 (From WENN. 7 October 2005)

Bratt and Wife Expecting Second Child
 (From WENN. 21 April 2005)

User Comments:
A great story, a great performance, an average movie. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Benjamin Bratt ... Miguel Piñero

Giancarlo Esposito ... Miguel Algarin

Talisa Soto ... Sugar

Nelson Vasquez ... Tito Goya

Michael Irby ... Reinaldo Povod

Michael Wright ... Edgar

Rita Moreno ... Miguel's Mother
Jaime Sánchez ... Miguel's Father
Rome Neal ... Jake

Mandy Patinkin ... Joseph Papp
Oscar A. Colon ... Bodega Man (as Oscar Colon)
Miriam Cruz ... Bodega Woman
Luis Caballero ... Shooting Gallery Man
Al D. Rodriguez ... Cuqui
Sophia Domoulin ... Shooting Gallery Woman
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for drug use, strong language and sexuality.
Runtime:
103 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Referenced in The Holiday (2006) more
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Get Out Of My Way more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
A great story, a great performance, an average movie., 17 January 2006
6/10
Author: Ham_and_Egger from Indianapolis, Indiana

They'd do well to replace the words 'Director's Cut' with 'Director's Slice'. I was fascinated by Miguel Piñero's life, inspired by his poems, and blown away by Benjamin Bratt's performance, but the director and editor conspired to mug an otherwise good movie.

Put simply, Leon Ichaso tried to use an "edgy" style to mimic Piñero's edgy life and it's agonizing to watch. I've come to accept the conceit of the fractured narrative, but I just can't stomach the unending jump-cuts, unnecessary camera refocusing, and worst of all the switches between professional-looking color film and the sort of push-button, digital, black & white that I associate with low-budget TV shows. If any of this was innovative I'd accept it as the director's prerogative, but even in 2001 it wasn't the least bit innovative.

As I said it is a good story and Bratt exceeded my expectations by a power of ten. I actually recommend 'Piñero' strongly, it's an enjoyable and worthwhile film that deserves to be seen. I just wonder what it could have been if MTV's shadow wasn't looming over it.

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