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In the Heights

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• Romance
• Music

• 2020
• Jon M Chu
• 143 mins
• PG

Summary

Adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical starring Anthony Ramos and Melissa Barrera. Summer in Washington Heights, New York: young bodega owner Usnavi dreams of winning the lottery and enjoying a better life back in the Dominican Republic. He also pines for Vanessa who works in a neighbouring beauty salon and yearns to be a fashion designer in Manhattan. Can the two see their dreams come true?

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Emma Simmonds

This all-singing, all-dancing summertime scorcher takes the hit Broadway musical from Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes and turns it into something exuberantly cinematic. Set in New York City's predominantly Latino neighbourhood of Washington Heights, it tells the story of bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), who dreams of a better life back in the Dominican Republic, pining all the while for aspiring fashion designer Vanessa (Melissa Barrera), who's stuck working in a salon. Leslie Grace plays Stanford student Nina, who feels alienated from her peers and whose father (Jimmy Smits) is struggling to pay her fees. They are joined by taxi-dispatch operator Benny (Corey Hawkins) and local matriarch Claudia (Olga Merediz). The cast make Miranda's masterful rhymes crackle and pop, and the dance routines and eye-popping fashions are to die for. Dialling the sincerity right up to 11, director Jon M Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) delivers a sure-fire spirit-lifter.

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7.2/10

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Cast

rolenameUsnavi de la VegaAnthony RamosVanessa MoralesMelissa BarreraNina RosarioLeslie GraceBennyCorey HawkinsAbuela ClaudiaOlga MeredizKevin RosarioJimmy SmitsSonny de la VegaGregory Diaz IVDanielaDaphne Rubin-VegaCarlaStephanie BeatrizCucaDascha PolancoMr Piragüero / Piragua guyLin-Manuel MirandaGapo de la VegaMarc AnthonyYoung NinaAriana Greenblatt

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rolenameDirectorJon M Chu

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Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd

Released on

2021-06-18

Languages

English | Hebrew | Spanish

Guidance

Swearing, sexual references

Formats

Colour

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