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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Clika is a solid, chill-vibes entry that shines a light on the Mexican American Music scene and the dreams that spark it.

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Monica Castillo

RogerEbert.com

Jan 23

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

Jan 23

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

Jan 22

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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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

Jan 29

2/5

Música Mexicana fans are likely to appreciate the fact that this drama is rooted in the genre, but it's pretty stiff, formulaic stuff, and it doesn't effectively capture the vibrancy of the music.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Jan 23

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

Jan 23

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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Eduardo

1d

Motivation went up a lot def recommend

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Meliza

2d

I really liked the story line! I love Herencia De Patrones so watching the movie with their music playing was pretty cool. Went on a date with my man to watch it and we had a good time.

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Rene

5d

Kinda predictable but had a little twist!! Good choice!!

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Isabel

5d

I Loved the story. This was a really great movie. Too many haters out there.

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Oswaldo P

6d

Clika is Rancho Humilde’s version of 8-Mile/Belly/Paid In Full/etc. It’s not a bad movie and the music is what absolutely makes the movie a 2 start movie but the story, while a good one, wasn’t told/written well enough and was almost predictable. Jay Dee is a first time actor and it shows but his voice is truly unique and arguably a legend in the “corridos alterados/verde” genre but this movie, if graded, is a solid C.

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Oscar

Jan 31

Good movie with a good message.

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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): $2.3M
Runtime: 1h 22m

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