The read
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Rex is an old man who is bitter about never becoming famous and having lived a life without any meaning. After suffering a stroke, he ends up in a nursing home staffed by Latin American immigrants. Put off by the situation, he focuses his energy on getting out, which places him at odds with the Latino workers. However, their relationship takes on new meaning when it is discovered that he once shook hands with Vicente Fernandez, a Mexican singer, producer and actor idolized throughout Latin culture. The employees soon begin to treat Rex like the celebrity he's always dreamed of being.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Elia PetridisWriter
- Elia PetridisDirector
- Ruy FolgueraOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ernest BorgnineRex Page
- Barry CorbinWalker
- Carla OrtizSolena
- Arturo del PuertoAlejandro
- Tony PlanaDr. Dominguez
- Dale DickeyDenise
- June SquibbIrma
- Audrey P. ScottClementine
- Reynaldo PachecoMiguel
- Ashley Holliday TavaresRita
- Nathalie KelleyPretty Annie
- Alex FernandezBandito / Paramedic
Stills
Themes
regretcelebritystroke