A musical melodrama that never lets off gas

‘Emilia Pérez’ Review: Netflix’s Mexican Musical Melodrama
Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez star in Jacques Audiard’s operatic film about a drug kingpin who transitions from male to female.
'Emilia Pérez' review: A musical melodrama that never lets off the gas
This transgender musical gangster epic (with subtitles!) is a wildly unique piece of storytelling, a soapy melodrama set against the criminal underworld, like if Baz Luhrmann took a crack at "Sicario." And its themes go back to prove that old "Magnolia" adage: We may be through the with past, but the past ain't through with us.
‘Emilia Pérez’ is a dazzling but hollow musical crime melodrama
“Emilia Pérez” is an opera. “Emilia Pérez” is a comic book. “Emilia Pérez” is a telenovela. “Emilia Pérez” is a women’s weepie. “Emilia Pérez” is a crime thriller. “Emilia Pérez” is a musical. “Emilia Pérez” is one of the damnedest things you’ll ever see, and I’m still not convinced it’s enough.
‘Emilia Pérez’ review: Ambitious musical melodrama falls a little flat
It’s hard to know exactly what to make of Jacques Audiard’s ambitious “Emilia Pérez,” a Spanish-language musical melodrama with three women at its center a
Review: Emilia Pérez Is an Exuberant Ode to Human Possibility
Jacques Audiard’s operatic musical stars Zoe Saldaña's, Karla Sofia Gascon, and Selena Gomez in an act of radical imagination.
Review: 'Emilia Pérez' is the most wildly original film you'll see in 2024
Trans actress Karla Sofía Gascón is a revelation starring opposite Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña in Netflix's ambitious new movie "Emilia Pérez."
HBO's 'Like Water for Chocolate' Is a Lavish Melodrama
Like Water for Chocolate is a story submerged in tears. A striking scene from HBO’s new adaptation of Mexican author Laura ...
Here Review: Visually Striking, Meaningless Melodrama
Robert Zemeckis is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get. Here is a drama movie gift-wrapped with ...
‘Jim’s Story’ Review: An Impassive Protagonist Weighs Down the Larrieu Brothers’ Sentimental French Melodrama
Jim's Story,' the latest feature from Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, plays as a sweeping father-son melodrama that distances ...
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‘The Real You’: Provocative dystopia combines sci-fi concerns with melodrama
In Yuya Ishii’s drama, a young man’s existential crisis amid the rise of artificial entities feels very much of the present ...
Ahn Hyo Seop in talks to lead Lovely Runner director’s upcoming mystery melodrama The Night of Heaven; Report
Ahn Hyo Seop has bagged his next lead role in The Night of Heaven, a mystery melodrama to be helmed by the director of Lovely Runner.
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Arcane Season 2 review - luxurious animation returns with lavish angst and melodrama
Much the same as a good bit of young adult fiction, that bare-hearted angst and melodrama is an asset, part of what makes Arcane so compelling, and is in many ways a necessary framework for it to ...
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Emilia Prez Star Karla Sofa Gascn Breaks Down The Redemptive Themes Of New Netflix Musical Movie
Netflix steps into and beyond the musical genre with Emilia Prez, a movie that manages to combine crime thriller, melodrama, ...