‘Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It’ Review: A Role Model Who’s Thoughtful and Always ‘On,’ Even in Her 80s

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You don't find subjects much more disarming than Rita Moreno, whose seven-decade career on stage and screen is described in Mariem Pérez Riera's celebratory documentary as both the essence of the American Dream and the tenacious attainment of it despite dispiriting obstacles. "You must never really believe anything about your fame and all that kind of bullshit," says Moreno with characteristic unfiltered charm.

Rita Moreno made history at the 1962 Academy Awards, becoming the first Latina to win an Oscar for her groundbreaking role as Anita in West Side Story, she was so overwhelmed that her acceptance speech was a mere 11 words: “I can’t believe it. Good lord.

Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Moreno, 89, opened up about her early years in Hollywood and Gene Kelly’s request to cut her hair for her role as Zelda Zanders in the 1952 film “Singin’ in the Rain.”“I did something that is so Latina because I was the shyest person on earth, and I said no,” Moreno, who is the subject of the documentary “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It.”“And he really was taken aback because nobody ever said no to Gene Kelly, and I got scared to death having said that.”Kelly asked her why and the Puerto Rican star said it went against her culture.“Well, we don’t cut my hair where I live, we don’t do that,” she said.

Also Read: 'Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It' Film Review: Documentary Honors a Showbiz LegendMoreno, an Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress for playing Anita in 1961’s “West Side Story” as well as a rare EGOT winner for additional work on TV, theater and music, was joined by director Mariem Perez Riera, and producers Brent Miller and Ilia Velez.The film covers such painful subjects from Moreno’s past, including a sexual assault by her agent, and the heartbreak of her relationship with Marlon Brando. Candor on such topics was important to Moreno for this project.

Also Read: 'One Day at a Time' Star Rita Moreno on the 'Odd Resistance' to Latinx Representation on TVNonetheless, Pérez Riera smartly tames the endearing adulation and expounds the reach of the project, with honest conversations on gender violence and ethnic discrimination as they relate to Moreno’s experiences. The filmmaker first inquires about Moreno’s childhood in Humacao, Puerto Rico, and the traumatic transition from those memories of freedom on the Caribbean island to landing in New York City, where the future star became aware she wasn’t seen as an equal.

"An EGOT? What good's an EGOT? An EGOT doesn't fill a deeper need to be loved and taken care of," says Rita Moreno. The 89-year-old screen icon — one of only 16 people to win a competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, aka an "EGOT" — is reflecting on her doomed affair with Marlon Brando, whom she met in 1954 on the set of the historical romance Désirée.