Sorry, we need a Puerto Rican nit a Cuban to write about the incredible and tragic life of Miguel Pinero. The writer did not capture the essemce of the man. This film does not capture the whole story. The man was brilliant but the film not so much. I hope someone can make a movie that Is as brilliant as Pinero was. Que viva puerto rico!

This biography of sorts about Miguel Piñero, a conspicuous figure of the Nuyorican movement, is tiresomely superfluous and distracting with its onslaught of jazzy soundtrack and camera work.

A great biopic film that realistically and emotionally shows a lesser-known but important life in Latino culture who is brilliantly played by Benjamin Bratt. It effectively shows the sensitivity and talent of the man in a film with no Hollywood sugar-coating.

If you don't know anything about this artist (like myself), you won't get much out of this biopic.

Great poetry of a miserable, so close to be fabulous life: "Cause even if I am half-and-half, any of the halves is more whole than all of you"

**1/2 (out of four) Pinero was a poet who lived in New York. The troubled man's life was splattered with excessive drug and alcohol abuse. Benjamin Bratt stars as Pinero and he does a good job at showing the poet's torment and disinegration. But his performance is the highlight. The film never finds a cohereant narrative, losing its focus.

The grittiness and realistic look to the film just doesn't work. I can see what they were going for but the movie is quite simply a boring mess. It's disjointed and lacks a cohesive structure. Considering the fact the movie is a biography of a real person, it's amazing the filmmakers were so far off from capturing the character they apparently found interesting. Miguel Pinero isn't interesting or appealing here. You just don;t care.

The biopic's cinematic technique is supposed to be vibrant and alive and reflect Pinero's variegated lifestyle. Emphasis on the "supposed to be".

Great! One of my favorites!

Interesting look at an artist I'd never even heard of.

One of my favorite movies. It literally broke me.

most respect to el querido "poeta pinero", and props to mr. bratt for some powerul acting...

must see unbelievable film maby the best movie i v ever seen

An excellent performance from Benjamin Bratt.

Another dull tale of wasted talent

super meega genial!!!!!!!!!!!!!

in collection...not seen it

Benjamin Bratt resurrects the spirit of the playwright, poet and actor Miguel Piñero Written and directed by Leon Ichaso who also helmed El cantante and Sugarhill 2 of my other favorite movies

Brilliant acting by Benjamin Bratt & Giancarlo Esposito mirrors the real-life talent of the poet Pinero.

Everyone has something to say, not everyone get's the chance to have a finger stuck down their throat to make you throw it up....