Reviewer's grade: C+

 

Genre films are difficult to pull off, but with the right person in the lead of a musical biopic, for example, that genre can, well, sing. Think of "Walk the Line," "What's Love Got to Do With It," "Funny Girl" and even, reaching back even further, "Yankee Doodle Dandy."

 

Those who have made "El Cantante," the story of Puerto Rican salsa king H

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