Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Inadvands Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

HeadlinesExotic Boring

BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

adisan-13787 Short review:As always, I don't like to summarize a movie so I won't do it, it is better viewers discover by themselves. Unfortunately I didn't like that movie that much, for one reason, because I hate musical movies. The same thing happened when I watched a movie from Marry Poppins, I just can not stand actors singing all the time!Therefore, I could not finish the movie, some bits of it were fine, for example, the beginning of the movie when we are taught about the death of Evita. Now, the movie has some historical connotation, but just for the sake of being historical which I don't like. So I would give it a rate of five.

Jihad F Haidar You shouldn't watch Evita if you are not a fan of musicals. Characters mainly only connect via songs, that literally there just might be an entire song for just a conversation, which is what made some people dislike this movie. Me? I loved it. Madonna is always shamed for being a bad actress, but for Madonna when acting is with singing and dancing in full force, no one can beat her at this, which is proved if you watch the movie. The movie follows the story of Eva Peron (nee Duarte), a B-Movie Argentine Actress that becomes the first lady of Argentina. When I saw the movie I didn't except to see a documentary and archive footage and interviews and historical sources, and I wasn't disappointed, because even the storyline is based on historical events, Juan Peron, Eva Peron and Argentine history and Eva's life, it is based on the musical show, hence why it's much more theatrical. All the songs are charming, the music really touches your soul, the direction is amazing, the acting is superb and the scenery and mis-en scene is flawless. The only reason I think people would hate this movie for is mainly because it features Madonna, and the public and critics ADORE firing negative flashback at her, or that the film is basically a long form music video, and it was the first legit musical in Hollywood since a long time, so people possibly expected more than just a long musical number. But if you love musicals, this is 100% for you.

Jackson Booth-Millard I had seen the film poster and had known the three leading stars for years, and I knew one of the songs featuring, I was hoping it would be good, based on the hit Broadway musical by Lord Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sir Tim Rice, directed by Golden Globe nominated Alan Parker (Bugsy Malone). Basically the film tells the story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Perón (Golden Globe winning Madonna), as told by storyteller Ché (Golden Globe nominated Antonio Banderas) (named after Ché Guevara), who acts as the view for both the people of the rural community and high society. Young Eva (María Luján Hidalgo) started life in poverty as the daughter of a farmer, but as a teenager she got attached to Latin singer Agustín Magaldi ("Ain't No Doubt" singer Jimmy Nail) and accompanied him to the big city, Buenos Aires, there she rose from being a poor rural girl to being an aspiring actress. Eva becomes more famous through film and radio, eventually moving moving into influential circles within Buenos Aires society, her name soon becomes linked to rising politician Juan Perón (Jonathan Pryce), this quickly creates interest, and soon after marrying Perón is elected President, with the inspirational Eva by his side. As First Lady and Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina, Eva attracts attention like no other woman before or since, hypnotising eighteen million people for seven years with her huge political influence and constant charity work, gaining adoration and love from workers and (Spanish) liberals, but disdain and fear from the military and upper classes. This public and political interest, both positive and negative, being the most hated and the most beloved woman of Argentina, continued until the untimely death of Eva, passing away from cancer at the age of 33, nearly three million people attended the funeral in the streets of Buenos Aires. Also starring Victoria Sus as Doña Juana, Julian Littman as Brother Juan, Olga Merediz as Blanca, Laura Pallas as Elisa Duarte, Julia Worsley as Erminda, Andrea Corr as Perón's Mistress and Peter Polycarpou as Domingo Mercante. With Desparetely Seeking Susan (perhaps Dick Tracy and A League of Their Own also), this is the only enjoyable performance by the "Queen of Pop", the less said about Body of Evidence, Die Another Day (apart from her song) and Swept Away the better, Madonna is very good as she goes through all the triumphs and traumas of the First Lady of Argentina. Pryce as the up and coming President and Banderas as the everyman revolutionary get their moments, but Madonna and most of the songs are the big hook to the film, the best song for me being "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", it does get slightly tedious with hardly any dialogue and mostly all singing, the story of a girl going from nothing to something is alright, and the political stuff didn't grab me, overall it's not a bad musical biography. It won the Oscar for Best Song for "You Must Love Me" (it also won the Golden Globe), and it was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Sound and Best Film Editing, and it was nominated the BAFTAs for the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music for Lloyd Webber and Rice, Best Adapted Screenplay for Alan Parker and Oliver Stone, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Sound and Best Make Up/Hair. Worth watching!

Max Younger Good heavens! This film lasted 135 mins - 120-odd mins too long!(there were a couple of good songs). What possessed someone to think, "Hhmm, let's get the cast to tunelessly 'sing' their lines ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE FILM"?!?!? Don't get me wrong, it was quite visually stunning, a great snapshot of a tumultuous historical turning point and all that, but PLEASE, how did people sit through two hours of that?? Despite the film's saving graces (and there were a few), this still makes it into my worst films of all time list, purely because I found it impossible to sit through from start to finish without wanting to pour red-hot magma into my ears!