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Cesar Chavez
Directed by
Diego Luna
PG-13
2014
1h 42m
Drama
,
Biography
6.4
38%
60%
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A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez.
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Cast of Cesar Chavez
Michael Peña
Cesar E. Chavez
Rosario Dawson
Dolores Huerta
America Ferrera
Helen Chavez
Jacob Vargas
Richard Chavez
Gabriel Mann
Bogdanovich Junior
Lisa Brenner
Jackie Stringer
John Malkovich
Bogdanovitch
Kevin Dunn
Dr. Arlo
Mark Moses
Fred Ross
Julian Sands
Victore Representative
Maynor Alvarado
Chato Chavez
Yancey Arias
Gilbert Padilla
Wes Bentley
Jerry Cohen
Lorena McGregor
Sylvia Chavez
Darion Basco
Larry Itliong
Claudia de Vasco
Petra
Roberto Sosa
Librado Chavez
Ron Perkins
Grower Jack
John Ortiz
Eli Ordonez
Sara Banerjee
Concerned Mother #1
Liv Boughn
Concerned Mother #2
Sarah Finigan
UK Union Lady
Eli Vargas
Fernando Chavez
Dan Gordon
Radio News Reporter
Noé Hernández
Juan de la Cruz
Mayra Sérbulo
María
Diego Luna
Director / Producer
Keir Pearson
Writer / Producer
Timothy J. Sexton
Writer
Pablo Cruz
Producer
Larry Meli
Producer
Russell Smith
Producer
Lianne Halfon
Producer
Cesar Chavez Ratings & Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
It should have been made 40 years ago, but this biopic about the Mexican-American leader who spearheaded the fight for farmworkers' rights couldn't be more timely.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
Cesar Chavez makes for a fine history lesson, but as drama, it leaves something to be desired.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Michael Pea brings a centered, beckoning beauty to the title character that manages to speak to Chvez nonviolent approach without becoming hagiographic.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Biopics about civil rights icons are usually staid affairs. Cesar Chavez, directed by Diego Luna, is no exception.
Grantland
Wesley Morris
With Pea, the question is this: Are the movies brave enough to give him the chance he deserves? He's a wonderful Cesar Chavez.
RogerEbert.com
Godfrey Cheshire
It's reverential rather than revealing, predictably admiring where it needs to be nuanced and challenging.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tirdad Derakhshani
An amateurish mess, with faltering direction and wooden acting.
Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Zwecker
A solid and mostly successful attempt to introduce this important labor leader and civil rights activist to younger audiences, while reminding older folks of the impact Chavez had on this country.
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey
As a filmmaker, Luna is still finding his voice. For all he effectively puts on screen in "Cesar Chavez," Luna never gets past his respect for the accomplishments to give us a true measure of the man.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Not only powerful but timely, given divided attitudes toward immigration and unionization.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
A well-cast, well-intentioned movie that falls into the trap that often awaits film biographies of brave and widely admired individuals.
Boston Globe
Peter Keough
If you can survive Nixon, maybe you can survive anything. But it will take a better movie than this to show how.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
Wades only ankle-deep into some complicated territory.
New York Daily News
Jordan Hoffman
Just as the migrant workers of California deserved better treatment from their bosses, the man who won the labor dispute deserves better treatment than this film.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
Michael Pea is particularly impressive in the lead, resisting the obvious temptation to make Chavez larger than life. Diego Luna, a fine actor himself, directed, grounding the story in earthy, authentic-seeming detail.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Although this film seems for all concerned to be a passion project, there is little of that passion emanating from the screen.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
The film is always a little bit at a distance, almost involving, always good enough to make us root for it, but rarely better than average.
AV Club
A.A. Dowd
The problem with Cesar Chavez is that it inches steadily away from a down-to-earth portrayal of its subject, eventually placing him on the very kind of pedestal he never sought to occupy.
TheWrap
Todd Gilchrist
"Cesar Chavez" embodies the quiet efficacy of its namesake without resorting to the bombastic theatricality he himself avoided.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
"Cesar Chavez" so fervently tries to be virtuous that it risks being dull. Dull it certainly is. But how virtuous?
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