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I wasn't expecting it to love it as much as I did, but it was fantastic. Not just a girl's film either. Beautifully done, makes you laugh and cry, everyone was fabulous. Some of the greatest life lessons and some damn good lines are in this film, not to mention acting. This movie moved me, and I went right out and bought it. Personally, anyone who doesn't like it, is immature to me. Because women, together, in a film, it's incredible. These women are incredible. The actresses and their characters. Beautifully done.

A glorious chick-flick about the struggles of being a woman and a young girl and surviving life. It's about a young and brilliant girl consumed in a Mexican family where her mother guilts her everyday of her life, and takes out her own pain on her daughter, guilting her daughter about her imperfections.

The daughter remains strong and learns through working with her sister how difficult life can be without an education, and strives to get into a good college, despite the fact that her parents only want her to get married right now and start having babies. And that that is the ONLY thing that matters. Women do not have thoughts or minds, they are only for one thing. Much of the family learns from the youngest daughter what is means to be a real woman, that you are worth so much more than just being a wife and a mother at age eighteen, and it's a beautiful, touching story about real women, not the super-model looking women you see on TV all the time. I highly recommend it. :)

I cannot imagine ANYONE seeing this movie and not being completely blown away by it. It is one of the most beautifully done pieces of work I've ever seen. I have never seen anyone act and sing and dance their heart out the way Madonna does in this movie, and she deserved an Oscar as much as anyone EVER has. She portrayed Eva amazingly, and they made her look so much like Evita you buy it's her. Madonna stretches her vocal cords incredibly to sing this part, her voice is as gorgeous and strong as ever in this movie, and she sings it fabulously. She dances...well, like Madonna, with talent and grace and style. She acts it perfectly, every facial expression, every tear, every line. After this movie was made, I didn't hear ANYONE ever say Madonna couldn't act ever again.

Taking the movie from the stage to the screen was hard to do, but the directors and producers succeeded in having it still blow your mind, even on screen. The scenes are dashing, the way all the pieces are put together is genius. You love and hate Evita, you sympathize and despise her. You're fascinated by her though, whatever emotional feelings you may have towards her.

But don't think Evita's the only thing incredible about this film. Who knew Antonio Banderas could sing??? I didn't! He sang great for how hard Che's parts were, and for it being his first time singing. He also acted the part of Che fantastically. His chemistry with Madonna is there and he uses it to the fullest to bring out the magic between Che and Evita. He had an even bigger role to fulfill than Madonna in the transition from stage to film. Madonna is in real life much like Evita so this part was like home for her, but Antonio's stretch to become Che was right on key, and you just love him.

And Jonathan Price! Dear God, he was beautiful too, and did again, genius work. He is a stage actor, so of course he played Juan's intensity just right. All three of these actors deserved AT LEAST Golden Globes, and Madonna deserved an Oscar, along with the director who blew your mind with the movie, making you laugh and cry. This movie is in one word...phenomenal.