I thought that Jennifer Lopez portrayal of Selena Quintanilla was nothing short of outstanding! Just how good it was can be seen at the very end where we see the real Selena Quintanilla and the likeness and movements that Ms Lopez carries off in the film can be seen in full. But there is much more to the film than a good impression. Jennifer Lopez goes through the full range of emotions and is very believable in every scene she is in. All the other cast members are also superb. My only criticism is why they changed the way she was actually shot? Selena Quintanilla was shot in a motel room and not on stage, but I guess this was done for dramatic effect?

oh my gosh. i watched this movie in Spanish class last week, and before this, i had never heard of selena. after watching the film, i have now downloaded about 26 songs of selena's and bought the movie for myself.i absolutely loved this movie from beginning to end. jennifer lopez did an amazing job. i couldn't tell which parts were the real selena and which ones were lopez. all of the actors/actress in this film were wonderful. i fell in love with the family from the moment i saw them. they're all so believable and i actually forgot i was watching a movie. i felt every bit of happiness and joy and pain that they experienced. i fell in love with selena. if lopez portrayed her accurately (i wouldn't know because i had no idea who she was before i watched the film) then she must have been one incredible person. its just so sad her life was cut so short.at the very end of the film, when they threw the white rose on the stage i thought.. oh no! something's gonna happen. the next thing you see is her on a stretcher and a radio announcer's voice saying that she had been shot. that moment killed me. i started bawling right in the middle of class! i loved her from beging to end and to see her die that way at such a young age is heartbreaking. i was only 5 when she died, so i didn't know about it, but her fans at that time must have been mortified. if jennifer portrayed her correctly, the real selena must have been..(besides and outstanding singer) a truly wonderful human being.the tribute at the end is amazing. i loved the candlelit vigil for her at the end with the real pictures and clips of her. i love how the movie was focused of the celebration of her life and how much she accomplished in a short amount of time and not her tragic death. for that many people to be so affeccted by her death.. well that must mean that she was really truly and incredible human being, and she is missed by many and will never be forgotten.

No spoilers-just only about a sound. I'd admit when I first saw the movie, I fell asleep near the last quarter of the movie (b/c I had worked all day). I woke near the end due to the sounds of sirens and then rewound it and re-watched. A few months later I watched it again and was hooked. I went out and started buying her CDs. Now I am a big fan! This is an excellent movie to those who want to know about Selena. Some fiction added but that happens in all true movies to "fill in" areas. Shot entirely in the great state of Texas you get a feel of Selena and her life. WATCH THIS!!!! Jennifer Lopez did great portraying Selena and she really looked like her in this! Chris was played by Jon Seda. There are a couple of the Dinos that are in the movie as themselves. I can name a bunch of bloopers and/or changes but I am not here. I would recommend getting the re-released 10 year anny. special of the movie. It is a two disc with the original Selena release and also the movie with some of the deleted scenes. Also on the discs are interviews and other scenes deleted. You will love this and it is a must for all Selena fans!

I Love this movie and I think it is an appropriate portrait of who Selena really was. I grew up in the poor side of Corpus Christi, TX, where the movie was filmed. Selena brought a bright face to the neighborhood of struggling and lower incomed families. She was always there to provide an uplifting word to people. When I was 6 years old she came running out of her house looking for help to find her two dogs. I was one of 6 children that were more than glad to help her with whatever she needed. She was an inspiration because though she made her money she never left the neighborhood from which she came. She was always true to herself and the fans that loved her. I will always and forever miss her. She passed this world when I was only in the 3rd grade but I can remember every second of the day when her life was taken. I was only 8 years old, I lived my life listening to her music and I only felt it was right to leave flowers at her gate because of the wonderful impact she made on this world. So for those people who say they were truly touched by this movie, they will never know how much this entertainer, a true blessing from heaven, had an impact on the lives of the ones who truly loved her.