John Leguizamo, he of the acid rants about his family relations, is a dad now. Has diaper duty mellowed him into Cosby Jr.? Relax. He faces a comic's worst nightmare--love and happiness--by taking fatherhood as occasion for a hilarious, moving look at his bumpy love-life past, with a little Latino History 101 thrown in. His riot of voices and song is unsparing of parents, ex-lovers and himself. When he met his live-in girlfriend, he tells us, "My therapist said, 'Congratulations, John! You are now emotionally 12 years old!'" Here's hoping he never grows up.
--By James Poniewozik
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