FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

arfdawg-1 Señor Martinez, a famous theater owner, visits a local café in Mexico because of its reputation for good food and to audition the famous dancer who performs there. Martinez tells the café owner that if the dancer is as good as he has heard, he will offer the dancer a contract to perform in his theater. The café's female singer hears about this and is determined that he won't leave the café without her.First full color live action film. Odd that they'd choose this topic. Also odd that it came from Pioneer Pictures and not a big studio.It's an interesting curio and not much more.In fact, as a short, it feels like a feature and it's horribly directed.The use of color is just OK but the entire production was out of focus.Not sure if that's just the copy or if it was like that originally.

tavm Singer Chatita (Steffi Duna) does not want her dancer lover Pancho (Don Alvarado) to get an offer from theater producer Esteban Martinez (Paul Porcasi). So she pretends to serve Martinez food and insults him at various times. After she sings the short's title song, Pancho then does a dance with his partner as Chatita tries to sabotage it by reprising her song. Martinez, seeing the results, offers them both a job just before the rest of the dancers with the leads close the show. Historical because of the first use of three-strip Technicolor in live action, I found myself entertained by all the Hispanic surroundings and amused by the deep red face that resulted when the producer customer ate his Tabasco filled food! The plot was slight but great music throughout makes this one of the most entertaining shorts I've ever seen. Worth a look for any film enthusiasts.

Snow Leopard It's pretty lightweight, but "La Cucaracha" is fun to watch, and it is not without a couple of clever touches to go with the colorful setting, the likable characters, and the simple story. The early Technicolor still looks pretty good, and it has held up better than the sound (as the other reviewers here have mentioned, the sound is sometimes a bit muddled). It also has a good energy level and an upbeat feel to it.Steffi Duna stars as a café singer in love with the dancer who also performs there. She becomes worried when a visiting impresario considers taking the dancer to the city to give him his big break, so she makes plans to disrupt his visit. Duna works well in the part, since she is attractive in a mischievous sort of way, and she makes the simple character believable. Paul Porcasi, so often cast in tiny parts, gets a chance to play a larger role here, and he is well cast as Martinez.The story is somewhat predictable, but pleasant, and it has some funny moments. The whole movie works pretty well for a short feature of its era and genre.

eocostello Well worth finding a copy; the first live-action 3-strip Technicolor film is very pretty to watch (note in particular the beautiful blues in some of the costumes), is well-timed, and has a funny set piece in which the pompous theatre owner gets a well-deserved commupance from the fiery lady. The only problem is that the sound quality of the Roan DVD, which I have, was not very good, and made it very difficult to understand some of the dialogue. I probably would have given this a higher rating than the 7 I gave it, if the sound quality had been better. All the same, I recommend it.