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List Price: $14.94 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 38870
Released: July 31, 2007 |
| Our Price: $4.84 |
| Used Price: $3.53 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
After the death of her crippled father, who was once a great ballet star in New York City, Amaryllis (Sanchez), decides to move from her native Puerto Rico to the Big Apple in search of a new life. Upon her arrival, with no job and nowhere to live, Amaryllis turns to working in a strip club to make ends meet. She quickly creates a new family in New York by befriending an older man in her building, a washed-out poetry professor named Miles Emory, as well as her co-workers at the strip club. Increasingly desperate, Amaryllis seriously injures herself during a performance one night at the club, only to be saved by Christian (Sweeney), a doctor in the audience. Miles’ poem "Yellow" inspires Amaryllis to seek a Broadway dancing job and her emotional connection to Miles helps to give him a reason for living that eluded her father. As Amaryllis’ relationship with Christian turns into a love affair, she must make a choice between the security of his love and following her dream.
Yellow Reviews:
Adequate But Without a Clear Plot 
2009-04-12 - There were no scenes that were integral to the movie because ultimately it didn't have a coherent plot. Roselyn is beautiful and the dancing was amusing.
The movie wasn't about anything in particular but it could have been about:
1) Showing beautiful dancing
2) Struggling for stardom
3) Family troubles
4) Running away
5) Coping with tragedy
6) Or something else
The movie touched on a lot but failed to go deeply enough into any area to really fulfill its potential.
The ending was particularly unsatisfying with the arrival of the son, the relationship with the doctor, ... and everything else left unresolved and unexplained. It seemed to be one inexplicable occurrence after another.
A stripper's ballet 
2008-04-20 - This is a story about a young woman (Roselyn Sanchez) who moves from her native Puerto Rico to the Big Apple in hopes of becoming a dancer. She was trained in ballet by her late father & wants to preserve his heritage by becoming a great dancer in her own right.
Along the way, however, reality sets in. She needs to do something to support herself and she's unable to secure a job that pays more than minimum wage. She lucks out by running into a friend (Billy Duke) who gives her a place to stay & acts somewhat like a father figure. However, the ways in which he can help her are limited.
Eventually, when she hits rock-bottom, she is forced to consider being a stripper so that she can continue to pursue her dream of being a real professional dancer. Now, at this point many will be inclined to say that a ballet dancer being a stripper would be like a concert pianist being relegated to playing the piano for a truck stop. Well, yes & no. The problem with this sort of analogy is that I've seen some exotic dancers in my time who were VERY impressive acrobats.
In spite of the plot line, there is surprisingly little nudity in this film; we get just a few quick flashes of Sanchez in the buff. For me, that was quite disappointing. Still, as a movie it's far, far superior to other stripper movies such as Striptease and Dancing at the Blue Iguana. Somewhat surprisingly, the story doesn't even really portray exotic dancing as a sordid lifestyle. In fact, the other strippers and even the nice-guy manager support Sanchez' character in her quest for greater things.
If you are at all into dancing, this film is a must. Sanchez is a phenomonal dancer and she does several different styles in the film, from ballet to jazz dancing to pole dancing. In spite of its content it is, as another reviewer remarked, a "feel good" kind of story. Ultimately, it's not about working from being a stripper to a bona-fide dancer so much as it is about never letting go of your dreams.
A Wonderful Feel Good Movie 
2008-03-24 - This movie starts out in Puerto Rico with the actors speaking Spanish (with subtitles). It lasted about ten or fifteen minutes, the Spanish, so I was beginning to think the whole movie was going to be that way, but by then I was into it and prepared to read along. Then, when Amaryllis (played by Roselyn Sanchez) moves to New York, everybody started speaking English. That worked well.
Amaryllis leaves Puerto Rico after her father's death to pursue her dream to become a dancer, but instead winds up working as a stripper. She thought she'd be moving in with a friend of her cousin's, but instead winds up living next door an aging poet who seems to have mental problems. Things don't seem to be going so well for Amaryllis, but she makes the most of what she has and eventually triumphs. But now that she's poised to become a star, will she reach for the brass ring?
I cannot tell you how much I liked this movie. Sanchez was nothing short of brilliant. She had me right from the get go and held on through the whole film. I was a bit down in the dumps when I put the CD in my player, but when the movie was over I was feeling pretty darned good about the film, about myself as well.
Reviewed by Stephanie Sane
Yellow
2007-12-15 - I really enjoyed 'Yellow' it has a great story line, super soundtrack, and a very interesting cast of characters!
Yellow
2007-12-12 - The title of this film should be "I Am the Great and Marvelous Roselyn Sánchez". A self engrandizing film with a weak plot and terrible acting, I would save my money unless you are an all-out fan of Roselyn's. If that is the case, buy it, and you will see her in all of her glory. Most telenovelas are masterworks when compared to this melodramatic piece, which perhaps will turn you "yellow" from sheer distress.
