Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Review: Rodriguez saves 'Filly's' uneven script

This publicity photo provided by Pantelion Films shows Jenni Rivera as Maria Tonorio in a scene from the film, "Filly Brown." The film releases on April 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Pantelion Films/Lionsgate, John Castillo) LOS ANGELES (AP) — As both an actor and a rapper, Gina Rodriguez gives an empowered performance in "Filly Brown," playing a young Los Angeles woman angling for hip-hop stardom as a means to help spring her mother from prison. But the heavy-handed, untidy story sense of co-directors Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos means not everything that surrounds the central figure has the same grit and authenticity.








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