Synopsis
The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
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Cast
- MadonnaEva Perón
- Antonio BanderasChé
- Jonathan PryceJuan Perón
- Jimmy NailAgustín Magaldi
- Victoria SusDoña Juana
- Julian LittmanBrother Juan
- Olga MeredizBlanca
- Laura PallasElisa
- Julia WorsleyErminda
- María Luján HidalgoYoung Eva
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
But Parker's visuals enliven the music, and Madonna and Banderas bring it passion. By the end of the film we feel like we've had our money's worth, and we're sure Evita has. - 75
ReelViews
This brash, glitzy, energetic entertainment has the power to hold an audience enraptured, but, at the same time, there's a sense that what we're experiencing is just candy for the eyes and ears. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Alan Parker's picture is epic, lavish and fascinating. It is not a perfect screen musical, but it is spectacular and it works. - 70
Washington Post
Evita is a busy movie with an often noisy soundtrack that can get tedious and monotonous (particularly in the second half), but it's just as likely to sweep one away with its musical, emotional and historical momentum. - 50
Rolling Stone
The movie is such a chore because watching actors strain to wrap their mouths around prerecorded songs for 134 minutes is irritating and, worse, alienating. - 50
Salon
Lloyd Webber is everything loud, dumb and tiresome, and everything loud, dumb and tiresome in Evita is him. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
The movie takes no particular stance on the controversies surrounding its heroine, seen by some as a self-serving egomaniac and others as a tireless champion of the poor. Nor can much insight be gleaned from Madonna's energetic but oddly impersonal performance. - 40
Austin Chronicle
Experiencing Evita is like watching one uninterrupted long-form music video divided only by different arias or costume changes (of which there are untold numbers).
