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Mucho Mucho Amor

Movie NR 2020 96 minutes
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Renee Schonfeld By Renee Schonfeld , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 13+

Celebratory docu profiles magnetic Puerto Rican TV star.

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age 12+

Based on 2 parent reviews

age 13+

An overdue documentary about an icon

Esta película es puro amor! Walter is cultura...es fuerza...es espíritu...es lumbre...es paz...es fuego! I am not a believer of astrology but I am a believer of Walter Mercado. Like many, I grew up with Walter, he was a steady beacon of light and love on many a dreary day. My mother and I would be chatting away watching Primer Impacto and then shush when Walter y las Estrellas would come on. My mother believed in Walter wholeheartedly. And I grew to instill the same faith as she did. This film exposes why Walter disappeared from one day to the next the tragedy that engulfed his life for 6 years. Que Dios perdone al Bakula porque no creo que el internet lo perdonará.
age 10+

inspiring

It's a great movie that follows the life of this iconic figure not just in Latin America, but worldwide. He was forward thinking. An inspiring figure to those who feel outside the mass, and all others too.

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A treat for his multitudes of fans and an eye-opening introduction for others, this movie is a festival of Walter Mercado: a one-person testament to audacity, kindness, and amiable self promotion. And, oh those costumes, that home, the sincerity of his predictions and his advice.

One of the great treasures in this glowing portrait is Mercado's journey to the HistoryMiami Museum during the last months of his life in 2019. His joy, comfort, and appreciation are palpable in Mucho Mucho Amor as he accepts the adulation of the crowds and sees the wonders of his collections displayed to perfection in a special exhibit. Another is Mercado's meeting with Lin-Manuel Miranda and dad, Luis. It's delightful to watch a current cultural icon barely able to keep it together in the presence of one of his lifelong heroes.

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