Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

charlytully If you have no interest or patience for statistics, please skip to the final paragraph of this comment. After a careful study of voting patterns for about 1,000 movies rated on this site, I noticed at least three virtually unique facts about the moviegoer rating stats posted under the "User Rating" heading for Yellow (which was summarized as 4.4 out of 10 as of 3-3-08):1)There are WAY too many ratings in the "2" category, usually one of the least used (even for crappy flicks). Here it is 20.3 per cent, about the same as the number of "10" ratings, and about DOUBLE the number of "1" ratings. With other movies "bad" enough to score higher than 10 per cent in the "2" category, there's pretty much always 30 per cent plus in the "1" category. Obviously, somebody with too much time on their hands tried to beat the system of weighting out the often political preponderance of "10" and "1" ratings by stuffing the ballot box with "2" ratings.2)This person, who probably supplied more than half of the "2" ratings, tried to duck under the radar by not making a pretense of justifying their possibly nefarious motives. The only user comments as of 3-3-08 were from people who rated the movie "6," "7," "8," and "10." If someone honestly hated this film enough to record three dozen negative votes, why not submit at least one negative comment, unless there were underlying financial incentives or hate-crime type racial or misogynist motives? 3)Even though Yellow is the type of movie (ethnic, arty and potentially titillating) which normally attracts participation upwards of 20 per cent from "Top 1000 voters," this group has submitted only 8.3 per cent of the vote as of 3-3-08: more evidence of a ballot box stuffed with bogus votes.Roselyn Sanchez gave her all for this film, as she recounts in the DVD extra "Roselyn Sanchez on Yellow." She says she worked out with a trainer eight hours daily in her native Puerto Rico before filming began, "because I wanted to look shredded when I was naked." Her nude scene in the movie is extremely minimal, even compared to Demi Moore's in STRIPTEASE. Quoting Ms. Sanchez, "this is a dance movie with a lot of heart . . . something I created for me as a vehicle to show I can dance." She lost 12 pounds in training, and had to endure cortisone shots to complete filming after injuring her shoulder. This kind of "sisu" prompted me to rate it 7 out of 10, despite the lack of credibility given the scarcity of her bona fide stripping. (For those without time to view the 18 deleted scenes totalling 28:59 minutes on the DVD, the main affect of the deletions on the substance of the film was that the back-story on protagonist Amaryllis Campos' (Sanchez) mentally scarred New York City neighbor, the poet Miles Emory (Bill Duke in a flashy performance) was sharply trimmed. Obviously, this production is lazily patterned as a Puerto Rican FLASHDANCE in some respects, but without the scenery of downtown Pittsburgh, a credible love interest for Amaryllis (the one she has here is really creepy, and feels like it was scripted in at the last minute as an afterthought), and the picturesque welding scenes, it is unlikely to be as memorable for the general audience decades from now as its predecessor is today.

Jose R Colon There are many good movies out there. Yet, there are very few amongst them that carry you and take you to a place of peace, or what I like to call cinematic bliss. The last movie I can remember that left me in such a state was the SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION about five years ago. I sat down just to watch nude scenes of Roselyn Sanchez, the protagonist, and ended up completely drawn by the deep drama the movie throws at you. It has been a while since I witness the depth of emotion that she displayed almost as if she had lived the experience herself. Roselyn should get an award for such a performance.I am almost mad at the little publicity that the movie was given and the horrible "crappy movie look" of the cover. Its true that we shouldn't judge any book by its cover but now a days we can't help it with so many movies out there. They should display more of the real threads of the movie in the cover and back cover shots.No matter though, since I was lucky enough to sit down to watch it and the movie was awesome enough not to let me stand up till the end of the credits. Two thumbs up to Roselyn and her crew for such an incredible journey!

gradyharp Roselyn Sanchez Lights Up the Screen!, August 3, 2007 By Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME) YELLOW may be fairly easy to dismiss as a soap opera story of little girl makes good despite a troubling journey, but the presence of Roselyn Sanchez is reason enough to see this little art film, She has what it takes to make a film magic, she acts well, dances well, and creates a credible persona from a rather superficial script.Based on a story by Nacoma Whobrey about the gifted daughter of a once famous male ballet dancer who leaves her native Puerto Rico in the grief of her father/tutor's death to find a better life in New York - the city where her father found fame. Amaryllis Campos (Roselyn Sanchez) worshiped her famous father (Jaime Tirelli), learned ballet under his tutelage, then grew up in a home after her father's leg crushing accident, with a mother (Erika Michels) and a live-in druggie boyfriend Angelo (Manny Perez), supporting her helpless family by delivering pizzas. When her life falls apart one person befriends her - Hilde (Nancy Millan) - and provides her money to move to New York and a cousin with whom to live.Once in new York Amaryllis finds the cousin's apartment occupied by a sweet old poet Miles Emory (Bill Duke) who allows her to stay. Finding work proves difficult until she signs on as a pole dancer in a sleazy nightclub. There she meets an emotionally bruised physician (D.B. Sweeney) who befriends her and who with the help of her new found friends finally makes her way back to the legitimate stage.Yes, the story has been done before, but it is the pacing of director Alfredo De Villa that keeps the film pulsatile, and the shimmering screen presence of Roselyn Sanchez that makes this little film worth watching. Story 5, Performance by Sanchez 10. In Spanish and English with subtitles. The additional features on the DVD are even more interesting than the script! Grady Harp

Crash TownUSA This was a really sad movie that didn't seem to get too much attention from anyone. Rush Hour 2's Roselyn Sanchez plays "Yellow" a Puerto Rican woman who grew up being a dancer. When her father dies she leaves her mother and boyfriend whom she hates to find a career in dancing.Yellow moves to New York where her life becomes even worse as she searches for a job. A stripper becomes her only means of money so she takes the job :D ;P.It is the sort of movie that you are thankful you have family to care for you and that you're not alone. I can understand why a lot of people didn't like it though, unless you can relate to the Puerto Rican culture you probably don't care to much about Yellow. Maybe you'd be like "Oh that happens a lot of there probably" but no it happens every where and all the time.A movie about people who are alone but find happiness again through loved one's. A very sad movie with only a few main characters that all seem to be alone and can't find anyone to save them.8/10