In the Heights

2021 Drama | Arts
72%

Film version of the Broadway musical in which Usnavi, a sympathetic New York bodega owner in the neighbourhood of Washington Heights on the northern tip of Manhattan, saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life. Musical, starring Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins and Leslie Grace

Our Review

by Brian Lloyd
Star Rating:

'In the Heights' is the unapologetically sincere musical you think it is

In New York's Washington Heights neighbourhood, bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) weighs up returning to the Dominican Republic, Nina Rosario (Leslie Grace) returns home after her first year in Stanford as her father (Jimmy Smits) shoulders the financial burden of her tuition fees, while romance begins to flourish between Nina and Benny (Corey Hawkins).

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