IMDb RATING
4.8/10
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As a young East Los Angeles Latino pursues his dream of becoming a great Salsa dancer, he is enraged to learn that his little sister is romantically involved with his best friend.As a young East Los Angeles Latino pursues his dream of becoming a great Salsa dancer, he is enraged to learn that his little sister is romantically involved with his best friend.As a young East Los Angeles Latino pursues his dream of becoming a great Salsa dancer, he is enraged to learn that his little sister is romantically involved with his best friend.
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
Draco Rosa
- Rico
- (as Robby Rosa)
Chesher Cat
- Sister
- (as Deborah Chesher)
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That movies like this one survive. Never seen such a lousy movie concept such as this. Its a pity that it still fools innocent people and makes them think it is worth to watch. The Celia Cruz and Willie Colon appearance made me wonder, were they really aware they were going to be in this film?
I just wanna say that Salsa is a pretty good movie..the best ever dance movie is Dirty Dancing..and salsa is the next one..it moves..it`s sensual..it makes you wanna be in the movie!!
Well, I endured watching this thing in my Beloved Island Puerto Rico, and it was all hype, no bang. Worse movie I ever seen. Poorly directed and apparently a cheap casting effort. It seems that it was a bad attempt to legitimize Robbie Rosa as an actor. One thing is being a hit singer with Menudo and a good dancer, another thing is being a descent actor. Robbie was not the latter. He may as well have gone into one of the Friday the 13th sequels, that bad was the acting of everyone in this...."movie". The music is not bad, the rest, goodness!!! Don't get me wrong I am Puertorrican and darn proud of it, but this was a piece of junk movie.
While this movie is pure 80's cheese the dance sequences and the soundtrack to this film are without a doubt the best things about this. The plot line is a bit predictable and some of the acting is laughable but this movie is all about the dancing and if you were a fan of movies like dirty dancing and lambada be sure to give this one a go as you will not be disappointed with the dance sequences. The soundtrack is awesome if you like Latin music and Robby Rosa's song Under my skin is quite good so too are Margarita and Puerto Rico. Unfortunately this film could not piggy back off the success of Dirty Dancing but it is still a film that you should see if like I said earlier you are a fan of Latin music and dance films. The final 10-15 minutes is really good viewing and while my rating of 7 might be a bit generous it is simply because I am a big fan of Latin music and do like a lot of the dance orientated films no matter how cheesy they are.
I do recommend watching this movie with an open mind and not expecting anything but silly fun. It's a guilty pleasure kind of movie.
Did you know
- TriviaThe movie was part of a cycle of mid-late 1980s dance movies which included Fame, Flashdance, Footloose, Dirty Dancing, Breakin' aka Breakdance, Electric Boogaloo: Breakdance 2, Fast Forward, Salsa, Beat Street, Heavenly Bodies, Rappin' - with two titles from 1990: Shout! and Lambada.
- GoofsRico puts on a towel after having taken a shower. In the following shot, he slides down the stairs in his shorts. In a subsequent shot, he is wearing the towel once again.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Laura Branigan: Your Love (1988)
- SoundtracksThe Magic of Your Love
Written by David Friedman
Performed by Laura Branigan
Produced by David Kershenbaum
Laura Branigan's performance is courtesy of Atlantic Records
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Salsa, la película
- Filming locations
- Southern California, California, USA(Location)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,892,589
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,627,533
- May 8, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $8,892,589
- Runtime
- 1h 37m(97 min)
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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