I Like It Like That

1994
R
1h 44m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.9K

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Jon Seda and Luna Lauren Velez in I Like It Like That (1994)

Home Video Trailer from Columbia Pictures

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2 Videos

11 Photos

Comedy Drama Romance

Money issues and misunderstandings divide a couple who struggle to raise their children in the Bronx.Money issues and misunderstandings divide a couple who struggle to raise their children in the Bronx.Money issues and misunderstandings divide a couple who struggle to raise their children in the Bronx.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations

Videos2

Photos11

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Trivia
Director Darnell Martin had a major falling out with her film studio Columbia as she objected to the title change, the fact that they marketed her film as a romantic comedy in the vein of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and that they referred to her in their publicity as an Afro-American female director. Although Martin technically fits that description, she took exception to the fact that the studio was using her ethnicity as a tool to sell tickets.

Quotes
[last lines]
Lisette Linares: You know what your problem is? You never think about the other person.
Chino Linares: Good night, other person.
Lisette Linares: It's morning, Chino.
Chino Linares: Good morning.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Radioland Murders/I Like It Like That/Bullets Over Broadway/Imaginary Crimes/Clerks (1994)

Soundtracks
I Like It Like That
Written by Manny Rodriguez and Tony Pabon
Produced by Sergio George
Performed by Blackout AllStars Featuring Ray Barretto, Tito Nieves, Tito Puente,
Paquito D'Rivera, Dave Valentin and Grover Washington Jr.
Tito Nieves courtesy of RMM Records
Dave Valentin courtesy of GRP Records
Grover Washington Jr. courtesy of Columbia Records

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Review

Featured review

6/10

An okay watch with little depth.

Lauren Velez makes a strong screen debut in this little flick about a "dis"-functional Hispanic couple married with kids in the Bronx. "I Like It Like That" is a not too serious charcter-driven, dialogue-intensive film which floats somewhere between sardonic comedy and visceral drama as it looks at the life of the Velez and Seda characters who spend most of their time sorting through a variety of woes with a yell first and think later strategy. An okay flick on most levels, this film tends to wear itself out after a while becoming a sort of monotonic drone of screaming, swearing, and throwing things.