La Bamba
The movie chronicles the story of the rise from nowhere of legendary 1950s rocker Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper. The movie also covers the effect that Valens' career had on the lives of his half-brother Bob Morales, his girlfriend Donna Ludwig and the rest of his family.
31 August 1931, Mineola, Texas, USA
5 March 1952, Pacoima, California, USA
24 December 1955, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
1 October 1962, Brooklyn, New York, USA
12 September 1951, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
2 April 1947, South Dakota, USA
10 April 1959, New York City, New York, USA
13 August 1973, West Monroe, Louisiana, USA
4 October 1963, Miami, Florida, USA
11 November 1955, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
14 March 1950, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
2 January 1936, USA
1 May 1961, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
1 April 1938, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
9 September 1944, New York City, New York, USA
3 February 1948, El Paso, Texas, USA
17 February 1962, Subic Bay Naval Base, Olongapo City, Zambales, Philippines
2 September 1950, San Jose, California, USA
January 01, 2011
Sweet, sad rock-idol story for mature teens.
March 26, 2009
La Bamba is engrossing throughout and boasts numerous fine performances.
January 01, 2000
Basically, it's a load of corn -- an up-from-the-basement account of a pop comet -- but the movie has an energetic, almost naive spirit.
February 07, 2005
solid, entertaining biopic
January 02, 2017
A strong statement about the fleeting, fragility of life, and the bond between brothers.
July 07, 2010
An enjoyable if slightly innocuous biopic based on the brief life and short-lived fame of teen rock'n'roll idol Richie Valens
June 12, 2003
As Valens, Lou Diamond Phillips has a sweetness and sincerity that in no way diminish the toughness of his onstage persona. The role is blandly written, but Mr. Phillips gives Valens backbone.
November 08, 2016
This is a movie about music and it is the Valens sound, a unique blending of Latin rhythm and rock beat, that prevents La Bamba from being just another example of Hollywood hero worship.
January 07, 2003
Perhaps otherwise destined to be remembered as a talented footnote in musical history, Richie Valens is immortalized for the masses in this well-conceived and involving movie.
January 01, 2000
This is a sincere, well-acted movie about the short life of a minor rock 'n' roll star, and by the time it's over we almost have the feeling Valens would have been surprised not to have died in a crash.
April 30, 2003
Fairly well put together film about the hispanic king of rock'n roll.
January 01, 2000
Predictably, there isn't a Ritchie blemish in sight. But the circumstances of Valens' life seem to beg this golden portrait.
