Clika

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In the debut film from trailblazing music producer Jimmy Humilde's production company, aspiring small town musician Chito (Jay Dee) is determined to make it big. When a clip of him performing one of his songs goes viral, he seizes the opportunity and pushes to carve out a place for himself in the new wave of Mexican-American music... and ultimately gets caught in a game more dangerous than anticipated. In a story of ambition, tradition, and self-discovery, Chito is ultimately forced to confront the choices he's made in his relentless pursuit of the American Dream.

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Monica Castillo

RogerEbert.com

4d

1/4

For a movie that should be about high stakes, all-or-nothing risks, there was almost no heat until the last quarter of the movie.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

4d

What’s curious is that “Clika” spends so much time on things it doesn’t know how to do well, and so little on the most enjoyable element here: any scene where JayDee is singing.

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Brandon Yu

New York Times

5d

What [Clika] glaringly sheds in its performances and direction is some of the sturdiness of a more traditional Hollywood production. But that also matters less in a movie like this, one clearly made, with love and belief, by and for the people it centers.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

4d

Clika is an amateurish drama that wants desperately to be like Eminem's 8 Mile, but it's as appealing as a rusty microphone. This story (about a wannabe music star caught up in drug dealing) has stale clichés. The acting performances are stiff.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

4d

This earnest coming-of-age drama adheres to a generic rags-to-riches framework. It’s not nearly as compelling when the tunes aren’t playing.

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

4d

1.5/4

Clika makes at least two major mistakes when it comes to the movie's main character.

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4h

Really good movie 🔥

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Moises

18h

Best movie to represent our culture and music in years 🔥🔥 they haven’t made a movie like this in a minute, that’s why all these dudes don’t like it , they used to cgi and over stimulated movies, not stories like this

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Giselle

2d

All I can say is that it’s a must watch I loved it

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EL TONY

2d

Great movie…. Great story line with good relatable actors!

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Angie

2d

Honestly, it was a good laugh and told amazingly. It’s been cool seeing how far HP has gone

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Crystal

3d

by far the best movie I have seen in a long-time

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In the debut film from trailblazing music producer Jimmy Humilde's production company, aspiring small town musician Chito (Jay Dee) is determined to make it big. When a clip of him performing one of his songs goes viral, he seizes the opportunity and pushes to carve out a place for himself in the new wave of Mexican-American music... and ultimately gets caught in a game more dangerous than anticipated. In a story of ambition, tradition, and self-discovery, Chito is ultimately forced to confront the choices he's made in his relentless pursuit of the American Dream.

Director: Michael Greene
Producer: Eulalio González, Sean Sullivan McBride, Dave "Foots" Footman, Lalo Gonzalez, Ski-ter Jones
Screenwriter: Michael Greene, Sean Sullivan McBride
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Rancho Humilde
Rating: R (Drug Content|Sexual Material|Language Throughout)
Genre: Drama, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 23, 2026, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.3M

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