Filly Brown is a 2012 drama film directed by Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won Best Feature Film at the 2013 Noor Iranian Film Festival.
The whole cast won the Special Achievement in Film award at the 2013 American Latino Media Arts Awards, or ALMA Award. The late Jenni Rivera was honored with a moment of silence.[5] This was Rivera’s first and only film before her death on December 9, 2012.
Cast
- Gina Rodriguez as Maria José “Majo” Tenorio
- Jenni Rivera as Maria Tenorio
- Lou Diamond Phillips as Jose Tenorio
- Edward James Olmos as Leandro
- Emilio Rivera as Mani
- Noel Gugliemi as Big Cee
- Baby Bash as Caeser
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 45% based on 11 reviews, and an average rating of 5.5/10.[6] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating “mixed or average” reviews.[7]
References
- ^ “MAKERS”. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ “Filly Brown (2012)”. AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Filly Brown at Box Office Mojo
- ^ “2013 Feature Film Production Report” (PDF). Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ^ Moreno, Carolina (September 28, 2013). “ALMA Awards 2013 Red Carpet’s Best And Worst Looks (PHOTOS)”. Retrieved October 23, 2018 – via Huff Post.
- ^ “Filly Brown (2013)”. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ^ “Filly Brown Reviews”. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 19, 2018.