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Evita

Play trailer Poster for Evita PG 1996 2h 14m Musical Drama Biography History Play Trailer Watchlist
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Eva Duarte Perón rises from poverty to become an Argentinian actress and the wife of powerful President Juan Perón. Through a series of flashbacks, Eva transforms from an impoverished teenager into a woman of influence and power. After the death of her father, Eva travels to Buenos Aires and begins a string of relationships with powerful men before she meets Juan. Eva's ultimate power and influence earn her both admiration and hatred.
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Evita sometimes strains to convince on a narrative level, but the soundtrack helps this fact-based musical achieve a measure of the epic grandeur to which it aspires.

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Carol Buckland CNN.com Jan 5, 2018
All in all, Evita is worth your time and money. Go to Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Sep 7, 2011
C-
It's just a sluggish, contradictory mess, a drably "realistic" Latin-revolution music video driven by a soundtrack of mediocre '70s rock. Go to Full Review Mike Clark USA Today Jan 1, 2000
2.5/4
With one of the most dazzling screen chassis in years, Evita is definitely worth a look -- maybe even two. But don't look under the hood. Go to Full Review Patrick Horrigan Gay Community News (Boston) Jul 13, 2022
In the end, Madonna’s performance helps save Evita from being the irrelevancy it might have been and transforms it, instead, into something very much alive and strangely moving. Go to Full Review Sarah Kerr The New York Review of Books Aug 16, 2018
After all the painstaking verisimilitude the movie neglects its characters. Evita the woman shrinks. It's the background we react to-especially the crowd, with its power to applaud or boo. Go to Full Review Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Apr 27, 2015
6/10
No matter how great all the constituent elements were, [it couldn't] survive the kind of stiff, wholly artificial and forced performance that Madonna gives. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Manuel P @RT29331666 Aug 25, 2026 This film summarizes every ignorant british and american snob's image of Argentina to the T. And it was done 30 years ago, pioneers of the smug first-worlder's view of the rest of the world. And the musical was composed even before. See more Gurn B @RT67119943 Jul 7, 2026 Putting random notes around every word is so painful. Most of the lyrics are stupidly written. I hope the people of Argentina hate her because this movie made her out to be a total wh*re and self serving social climber. And her “generosity” was all from stealing and strong arming. Perhaps Bialystock produced this movie and the musical to bilk investors. See more Eye C @ECinc Jun 16, 2026 This is not a good movie, and an awful musical... this shouldn't exist. See more thiago S @Thiagostone Mar 13, 2026 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Evelyn X @yiyi1111 Jan 8, 2026 About halfway through the film, I realized I had confused Evita with Elisabeth—perhaps because of the narrator's role. It tells the story of a woman who always knew what she wanted. She seized every opportunity she had, rising from an illegitimate daughter to the wife of the President. It is a journey from the country to the city; from a social butterfly to a glamorous actress who captures fame with her power, beauty, and charm. I am not familiar with the actual history, but the film portrays her as someone who genuinely benefited the poor and earned their respect. The highlight, of course, is the most famous song: 'Don't Cry for Me, Argentina'. And she do look very good in the clothes. See more Thomas H. @Hitman777gb Dec 5, 2025 Madonna is perfect in this musical. I don’t even like most musicals and I loved this See more Read all reviews
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Alan Parker

Director

Madonna

Eva Perón

Antonio Banderas

Ché

Jonathan Pryce

Juan Perón

Jimmy Nail

Agustín Magaldi

Julian Littman

Brother Juan

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Synopsis Eva Duarte Perón rises from poverty to become an Argentinian actress and the wife of powerful President Juan Perón. Through a series of flashbacks, Eva transforms from an impoverished teenager into a woman of influence and power. After the death of her father, Eva travels to Buenos Aires and begins a string of relationships with powerful men before she meets Juan. Eva's ultimate power and influence earn her both admiration and hatred.
Director
Alan Parker
Producer
Robert Stigwood, Andrew G. Vajna
Screenwriter
Tim Rice, Oliver Stone
Distributor
Hollywood Pictures
Production Co
Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures, Dirty Hands Productions, Summit Entertainment
Rating
PG
Genre
Musical, Drama, Biography, History
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 25, 1996, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 13, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$50.0M
Runtime
2h 14m
Sound Mix
Surround
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