Filly Brown is a 2012 drama film directed by Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won Best Feature Film at the 2013 Noor Iranian Film Festival. The whole cast won the award Special Achievement in Film at the 2013 American Latino Media Arts Awards, or ALMA Award and the late Jenni Rivera was also given a moment of silence. This was Rivera's first and only film before her death on December 9, 2012.
Cast
Gina Rodriguez as Maria José “Majo” Tenorio
Jenni Rivera as Maria Tenorio
Lou Diamond Phillips as Jose Tenorio
Edward James Olmos as Leandro
Emilio Rivera as Mani
Noel Gugliemi as Big Cee
Baby Bash as Caeser
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 45% based on 11 reviews, and an average rating of 5.5/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".