Piñero
Drama
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2001
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"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the gay poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes. The resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino bad-boy genius who retreated to the darker corners of New York City.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
R
Runtime:
103 min
Release date:
1 Jan 2001
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Spanish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
6 wins & 3 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Bratt's performance is as steady and consistent as the film is frustrating.
– Terry Lawson,
Detroit Free Press,
3 May 2002
fresh:
A vivid rendering of the complexities of the artist's soul, and a notable attempt to convey the trajectory of a volatile creative life.
– Loren King,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jul 2002
rotten:
Flashily but irritatingly shot, full of unmotivated switches from colour to b/w, sudden flashbacks, mannered slow mo and jump cuts, this is hardly a subtle evocation of its subject's life.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
A scattershot stab at a fascinating life and times.
– Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Jul 2007
rotten:
Overlapping the artist's biography and his work, writer-director Leon Ichaso pointedly reflects the chaos in his subject's shortish life, but he links the artist's frustrations and talent in the usual manner: as cause and effect.
– Lisa Alspector,
Chicago Reader,
31 Jul 2007