Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302497175 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 6302497175 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: February 08, 1995 Running Time: 125 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: February 28, 1992 Sales Rank: 18720
Amazon.com: This period drama is hot, hot, hot. Stylish and sexy, it is adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, by Oscar Hijuelos, the story of two brothers who flee from Cuba in the early 1950s, heading for New York. Hoping to make a name for themselves as famous musicians, the duo face hardships and painful discoveries along the way. Armand Assante is the older of the two, with a smoldering Antonio Banderas as his younger, more impetuous brother. (In his first English-speaking role, Banderas delivered all of his lines phonetically.) The pulsating, sweaty energy of the first half of the film is not sustained throughout. Partly this is because a movie about the rise and fall of minor celebrities has been done to death. Even when the action slows down, however, the story does not bore. There is too much sensuality and vitality exuded by both Assante and Banderas. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - In The Name Of The Mambo, The Rumba And The Cha-Cha-Cha
While the film THE MAMBO KINGS is not as detailed or insightful as Oscar Hijuelos's novel THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE which won the 1990 Pulitzer prize it is still an excellent entertaining film. ... Read More
Rating: - The Mambo Kings
Story and acting both very good; action did not drag during the movie. Some of the story was a bit predictable but I didn't mind too much.
Rating: - OO LA LA, what a movie.
The book may be better, but you can't beat the MUSIC in this movie. The love story is satisfying, but the beat and soundtrack are what makes this flick go. A collection of latin music greats, and a feel ... Read More
Rating: - Not quite what I expected ...
This is a much sadder story than I thought it would be. It is also more about lost love than it is about music. Worth seeing, but just not what I expected !
Rating: - a great intro to some great mambo/latin music
This movie has a few "sappy" moments....but the music is FANTASTIC!! It is a great introduction to latin music. I also have the soundtrack and when I have it blaring in my car, people always stop me and ... Read More
- Not quite what I expected ...