‘Say a Little Prayer’ Review: ‘Despacito’ Singer Luis Fonsi Stars in Well-Intentioned but Ordinary Latino Romantic Comedy
variety.comCarlos Aguilar Latino actors have long been outspoken about the types of roles they are frequently relegated to in most American productions: criminals, migrants, housekeepers.
On that front, the romantic comedy “Say a Little Prayer” succeeds at defying the status quo by presenting professionally accomplished American Latino characters (who own enviable homes) in a plot that doesn’t involve poverty, immigration issues or marginalization.
Regrettably, as harmless and brightly positive as it is on the representation front, that irreproachable approach is packaged in a film that’s overwhelmingly ordinary in all other respects.
Working from a screenplay by Nancy De Los Santos-Reza (also a producer), prolific director Patrick Perez Vidauri operates in an upbeat, broad comedic tone, somewhere between a sitcom and a telenovela, to follow Adela (Vannessa Vasquez), a 35-year-old owner of a soon-to-open art gallery in San Antonio, Texas.
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