• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 7, age appropriate for kids over 9; suggested age 9.

• Is it any good?

  4.0

• Common Sense says

  J-Lo hits the right notes in Tejano star's tale.

Why We Rated This for Ages 9 and Up

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  Overall, a portrait of a principled and very loving Latino family. A character apparently embezzles money. A daughter defies her family to marry her boyfriend. A father, although he has a good heart, is extremely dominating. The movie also depicts instances of ethnic or gender discrimination: A club owner forbids performers to sing at his establishment because they are Mexican-American, and a festival promoter pays a band less because the lead singer is "just a woman."
• Violence:

  It's not shown, but we learn through news reports that a character has fatally shot someone; she is then shown holding the gun to her own head. We briefly see the victim being carried to an ambulance on a stretcher.
• Sex:

  Kissing between two main characters who later get married; an unidentified couple is shown kissing passionately at a fair. Selena wears some skimpy tops on stage.
• Language:

  A character says "s--t" and "damn" in frustration. Non-Latinos are referred to as "gringos" in a few scenes.
• Consumerism:

  A bag of Doritos and a can of Coca-Cola are visible in separate scenes.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  A hard-rock band is shown trashing a hotel room; empty beer bottles are strewn throughout the room.

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