sentences:  Kevin Maher of "The Times" was negative, stating that the "soft-pedalled account of Lavoe's rise to fame and his drug-related downfall that has more in common with the biopic parody Walk Hard than anything as muddy as real life".Claudia Puig of "USA Today" said Anthony "gives a fine and impassioned performance" in a story that "relies on formula and clichés of the genre" which meant "we don't learn enough about what caused the Puerto Rican-born Lavoe's downward spiral into drug use, promiscuity and suicide attempts after he gained fame in New York City".Additionally, Puig criticized Lopez's airtime by stating "the film has far too much of her and not enough of Anthony".