jenifer lopez and husband marc anthony late film el cantante about the hector lavoe and the birth of salsa and be an oscar nominate wannabe biopic mess of a film . the film follow the life of puerto rican singer hector lavoe and who come to new york in 1975 and become a mega star and start the salsa genre . marc anthony play hector and jenifer lopez his wifepuchi . one of the many problem with this film be that marc do not have a strong screen presence and his performance become overpower by the amazing performance by jenifer lopez who do such a wonderful job i start think it be more about hector wife than about hector . one effective part of the film i thoroughly enjoy be how the story cut back and forth through an interview of hector wife look back on hector life story . the interview be shoot in black and white contrasting with the rich color of the rest of the film . despite this technique and the rest of the film be hard to follow . it seem to follow a pre make formula of music montage after music montage inter cut with short scene of dramatic acting and a if the director be follow a manual of how to make a musician biopic film . also the use of fancy and rapid editing be way overused and after a while seem only there to give it a sophisticated look . i love long film but this two hour movie have me check my watch frequently . overall it be a big disappointment and i felt the only thing that be good in the film be jenifer lopez performance . unfortunately even her oscar worthy performance couldn not save this muddled film .