WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Tom Dooley This is the story of Cesar Chavez who took on the planters and growers in the southern US in order to end exploitation of immigrant workers. On his way he made a lot of sacrifices but so did his family – he had eight children and the film captures some of the familial strife that he underwent too.We also have the parts played by numerous politicians from Bobby Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Ronald 'I don't use hair dye' Regan. This could be called one sided in that it is pretty black and white in its approach, however it has a genuine feel of authenticity and seems to match what I could find out about the man. That is the factual stuff; the emotional is obviously part poetic invention. Starring Michael Pena ('End of Watch' and 'Fury') who puts in a solid performance and with able support from, amongst others, John Malkovich. This is a film that does not require very much analysis and you can just kick back and enjoy it. The real strength here is the message of unity and education and how that can make a change for the better. I for one really enjoyed it and irrespective of your political hue there will be something here for most people.

Argemaluco For some reason, I find the biographical or historical films increasingly less palatable. Most of the times, I think it would have been more interesting to watch a documentary about the subject, instead of a dramatization necessarily altered in order to be adjusted to the rigid rules of commercial cinema. This doesn't mean that all the biographical or historical films are bad; on the opposite, there are various films which deserve to be appreciated due to their detailed manufacture and honest feelings... but for every Philomena or Dallas Buyers Club, there are too many mediocre films, whose good intentions aren't enough to compensate the absence of that indescribable narrative magic which would make them superior to a simple History lesson. Unfortunately, I think the film Cesar Chavez fits into that category: it's well acted, competently produced and it offers a relevant subject which deserves to be known... and however, it lacks of the necessary energy and conviction to make it transcend its artificiality. Anyway, I think Michael Peña brings a solid and charismatic performance in the leading role, and the cinematography and the setting efficiently transport us to the time in which the story happened; however, Diego Luna's direction feels insipid, and the screenplay has too many repetitive scenes which end up tiring a bit. Regarding the historical veracity, Cesar Chavez occasionally suffers from "blind love" for its main character, making him too perfect and losing some humanity in the process. Besides, the omission of certain details seem very convenient, such as Chávez's rejection for Mexican immigrants and the campaigns he made against "the wet ones". That might have been the dramatic challenge this film would have needed in order to be memorable: portray practices we would consider politically incorrect nowadays, and then explain us why they were logical and even beneficial for Chávez's cause. In conclusion, I think I can give a slight recommendation to Cesar Chavez, because it managed to keep me moderately interested. However, it didn't leave me very satisfied, and I would have preferred to watch a good documentary about this hero.

LeonLouisRicci A Bare Bones Movie about the Famous Labor Leader that isn't Interested in Details or Minutia, just the Fact that Big Business (you know the Free Market) that Left to its Own Greedy Devices will Repress, Underpay, Exploit, De-Humanize, Employ Children, Withhold Benefits, and Simply do Anything They Can to Make More Money on the Backs of People Without Power.So it is Really Unnecessary to get into the Weeds. This is Basic Human Rights. The Bill of Rights and All that Jazz. It Seems that there Still Remains a Clear and Present Danger in this Land of Opportunity to this Day as the Unions are Vilified and the Trickle Down Theory of Ronald Reagan (his insensitivity and inhumanity are touched on in the Film), is Still Around and Sold as the "Rising Tide that Lifts All Boats".This is a No-Brainer and Counter-Mined and Pontificated Against Every Day by Pundits, Politicians, and Big Corp that have a Lot of Power but Very Few Brains and come Equipped with a Total Lack of Empathy. They have Undergone, Somewhere at Sometime, a "Cremation of Care". Every so often there is a Need, Once Again, for this Type of Bumper Sticker ("Yes We Can") Sloganism just to Remind and Tweak Folks of the Perpetual Inconvenient Truth that Regular People just Want Decent Pay for a Decent Days Work and are Not Receiving it. No More Intellectualizing is Needed and No More Attention to Detail is Necessary. Just a Wake Up Call. Anybody Home?

bbickley13-921-58664 I don't know much about Caesar Chavez. the only thing I knew for sure was that he fought for union rights during the Civil rights movement and that he went on a hunger strike for this reason. Now, I'm not the one to use a movie as a history lesson but I figure the part of about him leading his workers on work strike for 5 years to achieve a better union for Farmers and starting a credit union for them must be correct. Since the movie is named after the man himself, that's what it should focus on more, the man himself.In what was a big career move for Micheal Pena his performance as the great Chavez was so-so. maybe this is what the filmmakers wanted in order to portray how just an ordinary man changed so many lives. However, Pena's presence on the big screen was not big enough. Of what should have been an inspiring story , I felt no inspiration. It just was not strong enough to convince me to rise up ageist anyone. Unlike the two movies that came out last year about Nelson Mandela, in comparison to Idris Elba, whose performance was strong and demanding to Terrence Howard, whose version of Mandela was not even the focal point of the movie Winnie Mandela, just made me believe in a cause that, I will admit, thought I knew about but really did not.I'll give the movie an A for effort as I'm sure their are not many films about this important figure in American History and hope that the next person doing his story in a movie will find someone a little more convincing.