‘Clika’ Film Review: Mexican American Music Trends Get Hollywood’s Attention in Otherwise Uninspired Drama
Variety | 23.01.2026 23:00
A first wade into feature filmmaking for L.A.-based indie Mexican American music label Rancho Humilde, “Clika” recalls the low-budget films that first cashed in on the newfangled rock ’n’ roll craze of the mid- to late 1950s … or the hip-hop-centric ones that arrived a quarter-century or more later. Like them, its rags-to-riches-to-near-ruin storytelling is simplistic, the celluloid craftsmanship B-grade, the acting nothing to write home about. Still, there’s a sense of a fertile cultural moment being captured for posterity, however routinely.
