Considering the money this film cost to make, its short shooting schedule, and its unpandering ethnic content, it's a triumph.

| Jun 7, 2014

may inspire some to get off at 191st street

| Original Score: B- | Jul 2, 2013

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 9, 2005

De Villa has a light touch that instills the film with a certain charm that saves the day

| May 21, 2004

A solid effort by the talented de Villa in his directorial debut.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 29, 2003

The performances are uniformly fine, with Perez showing a heavy amount of presence and complexity.

| Oct 3, 2003

The film has an urgency and assured street-level realism that is rare for any film, let alone one by a first-time director.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 6, 2003

An affecting reworking of a traditional story, told with passion, sensitivity, and a little clumsiness.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 4, 2003

The genuine affection Washington Heights displays for the Manhattan neighborhood of the same name can't make up for its lack of originality.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 1, 2003

The performances are good... but they're just 2-dimensional people living in a 3-dimensional world.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 1, 2003

A promising debut that makes us anticipate this Columbia University film grad's sophomore work.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 31, 2003

Buoyed by strong performances from Perez and Miami-resident Milian, Washington Heights overcomes the familiarity of its premise through its passion and conviction.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 31, 2003

Washington Heights is sloppy and often undernourished, but it convincingly creates a neighborhood throbbing with activity and caring.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jul 23, 2003

Deserves a wide audience hungry for sympathetic, three-dimensional people caught up in something bigger than themselves.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 21, 2003

Washington Heights may not always be great, but director Alfredo de Villa lights an undeniable fire in the movie's belly.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jul 19, 2003

A fine and absorbing film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 11, 2003

Often engaging.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 11, 2003

One wishes the turns of Carlos' life felt more like life and less like a movie.

| Jul 9, 2003

Director de Villa captures the rhythms and colors, the sounds and flavor of the neighborhood that gives this movie its name.

Full Review | Jun 15, 2003