Evita (Wide Screen)

Advantages: A BREATHTAKING FILM.
Disadvantages: A Musical.

EVITA ARGENTINAS FIRST LADY Evita is adapted from the stage musical by the same name written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It is based on the true story of Argentina's first lady Eva Peron. Released in 1996 it falls under the genre Biography/Musical/Drama. Starring Madonna, Antonio Banderas, and Jonathan Pryce. Directed by Alan Parker, it spans the life and events of Evita and President Juan Peron. - An interesting story of the young woman Eva ...
...operatic. Evita was a case of the woman behind the man of power, and she advised him every step of the way, to ensure he reach the pinnacle of his career. She was the Argentina's sweetheart. The Argentinian people could see themselves in her, and identify, and they shared an affinity, because she herself had come from a working class background, and the people looked up to her with a huge pride and passion. A modern day comparison could be Princess ... Read review

Advantages: Superb Story, Good Acting, Good Songs
Disadvantages: Difficult To Follow In Places

...The Story of Evita is a fascinating one and it is a role that it is said that Madonna had set her eyes upon for a long time. Rumours that a full length Film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End Musical was to be made had been circulating for years and apparently Madonna contacted Andrew Lloyd Webber on several occasions, slowly convincing him that she was the perfect person for the lead role. The Film that was eventually to be made was obviously ...
...whole of the Spanish-speaking World. Evita launches a Charity foundation called the Eva Peron Foundation and even forms the Nation's first large-scale Female Political Party, called the Female Peronist Party. In 1951 Eva announces that she is to run for the position of the Vice President of Argentina in the forthcoming Elections, but despite support from her Husband's own Party she has strong opposition from the Military and Elite that see no place ... Read review

Advantages: Great music, great acting
Disadvantages: Too superficial, characters not well developed

An adaptation of the stage musical by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice, this film features a host of stars, including Madonna as Eva Peron, Antonio Banderas, and Jimmy Nail. Many of the songs are well known including ‘Don’t cry for me Argentina’ and ‘Another suitcase in another hall’. The film follows the life of Eva Peron, wife of the Argentinean President Juan Peron, from her working-class childhood in a small town, ...
...to her terminal illness and death. The film opens with the death of Eva Peron, and is told in retrospect by Che Guevara (Antonio Banderas), a political revolutionary, who acts as the narrator. The opening scenes are of her funeral, and the mourning of the population. We go back to Eva’s early life before her rise to stardom, and meet her as a teenager eager to make her way in the world. She has an affair with a singer (Jimmy Nail), and uses ... Read review

Advantages: Great songs, well performed
Disadvantages: Repetitive, find out what happens at the beginning

Evita is, in my opinion, one of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's best musicals. It tells the true story of Eva Peron (nee Duarte), who was born into the working class, and grew up to be a famous actress and the first lady of Argentina - as one of the songs says, "the greatest social climber since Cinderella". Like Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, another Lloyd Webber musical, the film has a narrator. In Evita this is Che, played by ...
...there, and they know everything that's going on, and yet they can't get involved in the story. The part is played perfectly by Banderas. Madonna stars as Eva and Jonathan Pryce as President Peron. Jimmy Nail plays Agustin Magaldi, one of Eva's early boyfriends. There are very few other main characters. Celebrities such as Andrea Corr and Billie Piper make appearances. There is almost no dialogue at all, though I think this matters very little as ... Read review

Advantages: Madonna and just about everything else.
Disadvantages: None

...greater or lesser degree. In Evita Madonna gets to play the part she feels she was born to play, that part being Evita Peron. This role enables Madonna to combine all her major assets and prove to all the critics that she was right, nobody else could have played this role in the movie. She even managed to win a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Peron. Normally this would have pointed to at least an Oscar nomination but then again Madonna is just ...
...based on the life of Evita Peron, nee Duarte, a poor girl from the country who dreams of the big-time. Firstly as an actress who makes her way to the top by sleping around, most notably with a married travelling tango singer, slimily played by Jimmy Nail. Then as a leader when she marries the country's top political figure Jual Peron, a truly incredible performance by the master of the musicals Jonathon Pryce. This though is no ordinary biopic as ... Read review