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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Sep 25, 2003
Pros: Performances, setting, cinematography
Cons: A badly dropped subplot
Summary: Some movies are inherently difficult to categorize. They don’t really fit into any one, or even two genres. Sometimes these movies are simply throwing everything they have at the audience, never really sure what they want to be. Other times, they a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 1, 2009
Pros: Appealing screenplay and charming/realistic lead portrayals
Cons: Not much really
Summary: Raising Victor Vargas (2002) Written & Directed by: Peter Sollett When we first meet Victor Vargas he’s a cocky little Casanova; a self-assured 16-year-old Hispanic player. At least that’s what he’d have everyone ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 1, 2006
Pros: good performances, interesting characters
Cons: can be depressing
Summary: Teenagers are both the same and somewhat different no matter where you go. Small towns have problems somewhat different than that of suburbia, but teenagers somehow manage to find the same common denominators to struggle with, no matter what the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 29, 2004
Pros: Excellent story line about growing up fast in tough Spanish Harlem.
Cons: unknown cast
Summary: First of all let me say what a treat this movie was! Although all of the actors are unknowns - all gave stellar performances about this film about growing up, becoming a man and what it takes to survive adolescence in East Manhatten. I first ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 3, 2004
Pros: Wonderful cast of young actors, so realistic it could be a documentary.
Cons: The story may be too simplistic for some.
Summary: Note: Also published at Amazon. Although independent films such as this have virtually no DVD extras, sometimes the subtleties of the film itself can more easily be grasped on the small screen than in the theater. I saw "Raising Victor ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 3, 2004
Pros: Plot and Characters and Acting
Cons: Camera Movements, Subplot was abandoned and... it ended!
Summary: Okay, I heard rave reviews about this movie. And a good friend of mine recommended it to me. So I rented it- today actually. My sister and I both saw it and our final judgment was: It was great! Here's the review. Brief Synopsis: Feature Film ... read more
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Sep 15, 2003
Pros: Funny, realistic.
Cons: Ending
Summary: Raising Victor Vargas is a funny and refreshingly realistic portrayal of teenage dysfunction in a Hispanic community of lower Manhattan. The film shows a small but significant character development of the protagonist, Victor. He progresses from a selfish,
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