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As a young East Los Angeles Latino pursues his dream of becoming a great Salsa dancer, he is enraged to learn that his little sister is romantically involved with his best friend.As a young East Los Angeles Latino pursues his dream of becoming a great Salsa dancer, he is enraged to learn that his little sister is romantically involved with his best friend.As a young East Los Angeles Latino pursues his dream of becoming a great Salsa dancer, he is enraged to learn that his little sister is romantically involved with his best friend.
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
Draco Rosa
- Rico
- (as Robby Rosa)
Chesher Cat
- Sister
- (as Deborah Chesher)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDraco Rosa, who was previously known as Roby Rosa, was part of the Puerto Rican crossover pop group Menudo. DVD covers for the film declare in the opening line of its sleeve notes that Draco Rosa was the ''former lead singer of the super group Menudo''.
- GoofsRico puts on a towel after having taken a shower. In the following shot, he slides down the stairs in his shorts. In a subsequent shot, he is wearing the towel once again.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Laura Branigan: Your Love (1988)
- SoundtracksThe Magic of Your Love
Written by David Friedman
Performed by Laura Branigan
Produced by David Kershenbaum
Laura Branigan's performance is courtesy of Atlantic Records
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I'm not kidding, I believe it can be scientifically proved that if you prick a hole in this flick, it will collapse as the air goes out of it. There is no plot. What hint of one that there is, has been carelessly recycled from far superior pictures; honestly, why is this even a movie? The reason it was made is clear: The dancing and the tunes, both of which are reasonably plentiful in this(and I am not at all the person to ask if it's any good, but presumably so, since it was the basis for putting this thing together to begin with). Why not merely do, I don't know, music videos or something? They had nothing to tell, there is no actual point to this, it is literally all assembled around aforementioned focus, and this *shows*, in the worst kind of way. The editing and cinematography are completely standard, at best. We get an utterly intolerable(well, all of them are, he's the strongest offender, though) main character, a Michael Jackson wanna-be, no charisma, he's just got moves, and his Elvis is irritating. This is about some contest, and do you really care? He wants to be world-famous at it... is that like the Hispanic version of being a basket player or a rapper? This doesn't have a single funny moment to be found in the 100 slow, dull, painful minutes that it lasts. There's unconvincing romance. Also, eye-candy for the two genders. If this is somehow cheaper to rent than a set of salsa instruction DVDs or something, I guess its existence is slightly validated. There is a little mild to moderate language and suggestive material in this. I recommend this solely to those who aren't interested in, or expect, any value from it that relates to the medium of film. 1/10
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Сальса
- Filming locations
- Southern California, California, USA(Location)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,892,589
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,627,533
- May 8, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $8,892,589
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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