Our reviewer Peter Travers describes the film version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning 2008 Broadway musical as a 'cinematic jolt of pure unleashed joy.'
The musical numbers range from ravishing ballads to bawdy fun at a beauty salon and an eye-popping Busby Berkeley-inspired water ballet at Highbridge Pool in which everyone swims in unison while fantasizing how'd they splurge if they'd bought the winning $96,000 lottery ticket just sold at Usnavi's bodega.Directed in a blaze of creativity by Jon M.
So"In the Heights" is both corrective and a way for Miranda to stay true to life as he lived it. Racial pressures, family expectations and social mobility all play a part. Usnavi must leave behind his longtime love Vanessa , who wants to make it in American fashion.From left, Corey Hawkins as Benny, Gregory Diaz Iv as Sonny and Anthony Ramos as Usnavi, in the film,"In The Heights.
Nina and Benny sing a lilting fire-escape duet in which they defy gravity by dancing up, down and over constricting building walls. Gorgeously staged by Cho and"So You Think You Can Dance" choreographer Christopher Scott, the number is breathtaking in its beauty and stinging relevance.
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