Ricky Martin: A Loco Life (Documentary)

Ricky Martin - A Loco Life documentary has got to be one of the laziest and lukewarm documentaries ever made. When you have an enigmatic subject like Ricky Martin, you expect all sorts of details to be known, hear from friends and family and what not, instead what you get here is a Siri-like voice reading an essay of sorts on the life of Ricky Martin, with zero emotions with visuals of pictures and video snippets. What's worse, the only interview we hear is of some random lady who is supposedly a pop-historian who gives her views of Ricky's life. I mean, what the hell!! Why even make a documentary if you do not connects to even a single person associated the actual person you are talking about !!

Anyone who has ever been a fan of Ricky Martin knows exactly what happened. From being a part of all boys band under 18 called Menudo to how he became the global phenomenon is very quickly walked through in this documentary. We see how he becomes a teen heartthrob, takes a short break, and finds himself doing theatre musicals in Mexico City. As his popularity starts to grow in Latin countries , he is finally picked to perform in Grammy's which will eventually change his life forever. He gives hit after hits and some of his music is still memorable to date. He is under constant scrutiny for his sexuality. Even before he officially came out gay in 2010, he already had 2 kids through surrogacy. We learn of his marriage to his partner, having 2 more kids and eventual divorce. We also learn about how he spend a substantial time in India with spirituality and starting of the foundation to support the causes of child trafficking and HIV/AIDS. The show ends with how after a successful career, he eventually went on to Broadway and now to TV with a couple of successful shows , most recent being Palm Royale.

As I mentioned, this feels like a fan made project, who took fotos and videos freely available online and some shots from music videos and other events and presented this. As mentioned before, it literally feels like Siri-like object did the voice over of a script or an essay written. Even the so called "pop historian" doesn't really tell us anything that we did not know before. I am not sure of Ricky Martin even knows of this documentary that exists. The film never goes into any details whatsoever. It skins through life events which are all known in public domain. No one should waste their time on this documentary. I was expecting so much to hear about his coming out journey, but forget that, I barely got to know anything new. I would have loved to hear amore about how he used his charm and how his sex appeal became his greatest strength. How he won millions of hearts. What happened when he came out. Were there any repercussions to his career. This is a great example on how to 'not' make a documentary. A big yawn and please stay away from this. (3/10)

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