El Cantante--A Great Addition--Get it!!

OK I'm not picking on my friend so I want to say this right off the bat. My opinion is just slightly different than hers on the recent "El Cantante" movie which depicts the infamous Puerto Rican music legend--Hector Lavoe.
First Jennifer. She was OK. I'd give her 3 out of 5 stars. But it may be the way the story was written. They set up the movie as though they were interviewing Hector's wife and giving us his story through her eyes. I don't think it's so much that I didn't like Jennifer as that I didn't like his wife. Many people believe that she was the reason he got started on his drugs. But that would be blaming somebody instead of making him responsible for his addiction. I am not sure who started drugs first but both Hector and his wife were drug addicts. Her brother was a dealer and it is believed he provided Hector with what he needed. It's just that Hector's addiction led to a shortened life of a very talented singer so the focus is on him.
Marc Anthony was totally excellent in his portrayal of this legend. Of course Marc also has a great singing voice and is a legend in his own right.
While this movie does portray a very tragic life brought to a close by drug addiction and the irresponsible behaviors that go hand in hand with it that led Hector to be one of "the ones" with HIV in the 80's, before medicine and technology were able to prolong a life as well as they do now.
I think it is a movie totally worthy of having in your collection because it's not just about shooting up. It's about life lessons. It's about a good man who made a mistake and paid with his life. But before he dies, he learned his lesson. some may think it was too late at that point but hey, they aren't making movies about you are they?