Evita
Published January 31, 2025
Film info
- Title Evita
- Director Alan Parker
- Year 1996
- Run time 2hrs 15m
- Genres History, Drama
- Tagline Unforgotten, forever loved and adored
The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 4:31 | Brooding Antonio Banderas is the best kind. |
| 16:44 | It’s so weird that Jimmy Nail is in this. |
| 24:43 | She’s not doing a great job of blending in, shouting about being new in town. |
| 25:59 | Always on the lookout for some Argentine Tango. |
| 37:13 | Ooh, Argentine tanks! |
| 40:28 | This Kapow song doesn’t seem to fit the tragedy being described. |
| 43:13 | “Your act hasn’t changed much.” “Neither has yours.” |
| 44:57 | Is that Billie Piper? |
| 51:45 | And Andrea Corr? What is going on? |
| 1:02:58 | The whole politics side is quite hard for me to follow. |
| 1:08:34 | The signature move of taking your jacket off is a bit lame. |
| 1:19:40 | Is he annoyed at being overshadowed or not? |
| 1:23:54 | To Christian Dior is now a verb. |
| 1:35:25 | Dodgy time signatures in Foundation Eva Peron song. |
| 1:50:43 | No idea what’s going on but the dancing is good. |
| 2:07:54 | It’s a pretty depressing end to a movie, to be fair. |
Thoughts
There are a couple of good songs in here, and obviously Don’t Cry For Me Argentina is a belter, but I don’t know, is it just me or is the rest of it a hot mess? I found it really hard to follow the actual story, there was a lot of implied knowledge about Argentinian politics, and by the end I couldn’t figure out the point of it. Of course you can just tell the story of someone’s life without it having a big message, but what was the wider context, why did it all have such a depressing ending? Hard pass, if I’m being honest, I’ll just sing the tunes to myself.
Rating: 1 / 5
