GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Brainsbell The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

monica peralta The film starts off right at the height of her career. 1995 was a big year for Selena. She had just won a Grammy the year before for Selena Live and had started working with the label to record her English album. As a Selena fan I enjoyed that the film humanized Selena and her humble upbringing. When she passed away, there were many negative rumors surrounding her death and the woman who killed her. This film does a great job in focusing on her talent and career. I gave this video a 8/10 for a few reasons. 1. Certain key elements in Selena's career were left out of the movie. For example, Selena y Los Dinos when they first appeared on the show Johnny Canales. Johnny Canales gave a young teenage Selena the opportunity to be featured on live television multiple times throughout her career. You can literally see her progression as a singer, dancer and even her fluency in Spanish. The moment and events leading up to Selena getting signed by Capital EMI Latin (now Universal Music) were also left out of the movie. *NOTE: In the deleted scenes of the movie it is shown how they received the news and their excitement of being signed with the label. Jose Behar (signed Selena) has said in multiple interviews how he came to discovering Selena y Los Dinos. He describes attending a TMA event in search for an artist to sign up. There is where he saw teenage Selena perform for the first time. Selena and the Dinos eventually did perform in Disney World. Referencing from the scene where young Selena optimistically believes in her dad's vision of the band making it and performing in big venues like Disney World. It would have been nice to have had that concert replicated in the movie. The concert that was recorded and titled "Selena Live" in 1993 was not featured in the film. That event was the most iconic and epic concert in her career. She won a Grammy the following year because of it. Her wardrobe for that concert was also very beautiful. She wore a purple rhinestone jacket/ boots and a bustier ( it is the inspiration of the official Selena wax figure at Madame Tussaud's Hollywood). 2. The way Selena and Chris actually met was far off than what the movie depicts. Read "To Selena with Love" by Chris Perez (Selena's Husband) and you will learn how they truly met and fell in love. The cast for the film was the best that anyone could ask for. Jennifer Lopez did an amazing job in acting, performing and capturing her charisma. Selena would have been an international star by now. We can only dream of what could have been.

snperera When I saw the movie for the first time I don't think I listened to Selena's music. Jlo portrays Selena so well. Her acting is so great in this film and you can tell that she wants to honor the musician and icon. After seeing the movie, I fell in love with her music and her songs are so catchy and fun and I love dancing to them! The acting from the other characters are so good as well. Selena seemed like such a beautiful, likable, and sweet person and I wish that she was alive today. This story is so heartbreaking. But I am so glad that it was told and I will always love this movie. I really like the dad character in the movie as well. He really cares about his daughter and wants what's best for her.

Desertman84 Selena is a biographical drama about the life and career of the late Tejano music star Selena, a recording artist who was well known in the United States and Mexico before she was shot to death.It stars Jennifer Lopez as Selena.Edward James Olmos and Constance Marie co-stars.It was written and directed by Gregory Nava.This film concentrates on Selena's relationship with her family and her rise to fame, dealing only briefly with her tragic death. Abraham Quintanilla is a veteran musician who leads a family-based singing group, The Dinos. At a young age, he notices that his daughter Selena has a strong singing voice, and he works her into the act. However, as she grows older, Selena wants to establish her own musical identity; while her heritage is Mexican-American, her primary language is English, and her favorite artists are American pop acts like Donna Summer. While Selena and Abraham sometimes argue about the musical direction of the group, he always respects and supports her talent, and her blend of Tejano roots music and danceable pop rhythms soon sparks a revolution in Latin music. Selena later earns the wrath of her father when she becomes romantically involved with Chris Perez, a rebellious and long-haired guitarist hired to play with the group, but when they elope and Selena convinces Abraham that their love is sincere, Chris is welcomed into the family. After a long string of successes on the Latin charts and playing to a sellout crowd at the Houston Astrodome and a crowd of 100,000 at a stadium in Monterey, Mexico, Selena begins recording her first album in English, which is expected to make her a mainstream star. However, the fates decreed it was an album she would never complete.The movie surmounts its connect-the-dots approach to its heroine's life to create an appealing, energetic look at a too-briefly soaring musical star.Also,it is a simple story of hope and triumph, of one girl with the drive to succeed defying the odds and following her dream that could truly inspire the viewer to achieve their goals.Finally,Jennifer Lopez truly shines in her performance in the title role as she elevates the film immensely with her radiant and energetic performance.

Bruce McLaren Selena was not all that to begin with. I lived in the same neighborhood she did. I didn't know her personally, but heard enough about her to dislike her. When she died, I didn't much care. She was treated like a goddess here. Murels, paintings, renaming of the convention center, etc. Enough is enough. Her music was mediocre at best. Her dad was twice the ass he was portrayed in this movie. He was a selfish man who cared about no one but himself. His daughter died, and he used the opportunity to make an extra buck. This movie sucked, and was misleading as to the true nature of the incident and circumstances surrounding it.