4/5 Take a Ride with Chente
  by Alejandra Vernon (Long Beach, California)
Vicente Fernandez is a cab driver in this 1974 film, which is about class struggles, the joys of a simple life, and a man who knows how to communicate better with his horse than the pretty women in his life. Vicente gets involved with rich girl Ofelia (Marcela Lopez Rey), who he takes as a fare one day, with such bad results that he decides to leave the city and go to a ranch with his abuelita Chenta (the great cigar smoking Sara Garcia), but he can't escape the cute girls, with lovely Lucia Mendez as Carmen, and Rebeca Silva as Maria, crash landing their plane onto his property, and into his life, to complicate it, and give him more to sing about.

There are quite a few funny scenes, some touching ones, and a smattering of songs, which as one can always expect from Chente, are excellent, among them the title song, and "Ojala que te vaya bonito." One of the most endearing facets of Vicente is his ability to make fun of himself, and he does a lot of self-deprecating humor in this film. "El Hijo del Pueblo" is a far cry from the classics of Mexico's Golden Era of filmmaking, but it's a winner for Chente fans, shows the many sides of his talent, and is very entertaining.


5/5 Vicente at his best!
  by Edwin Marticorena (Pacific Grove, CA)
Comedy, drama, a cantankerous but loving Grandma, the struggle between the rich and the poor, this movie has it all! Chock full of songs I remember my parents playing during my youth, finally being able to understand the feelings they conveyed. An excellent film defining the classes. One of Vicente's best performances.

5/5 bonita pelicula
  by (wood dale, illinois United States)
tiene de todo es de los anos 70 y ahi muestra la diferencia que hay en las clases sociales hentre ricos y pobres.

3/5 es un vdeo a toda madre
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well this video is a beutiful love stor