Rudo y Cursi
October 2nd, 2009
Stuck working on a banana ranch, two super competitive soccer-playing brothers dream of getting off the farm and finding stardom: Beto (Diego Luna) as a pro goalie and Toto (Gael García Bernal) as a singer — but it might break them. When a professional soccer team ignores Beto’s goalie skills in favor of Toto’s fancy footwork, Beto signs on to a rival team, and the battle between brothers is on. Carlos Cuarón directs this comedy.
Bilingual Review/”RUDE and RUDER” would’ve been a better rendering of the title. What great expectations I had for this film! And why not? Most of the Mexican films I’ve seen this year have received a well-deserved 4*! Besides, RUDO boasts a redux of the pairing of Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, who starred in “Y Tu Mama Tamien”. Remember the great portrayals they gave in that film? The superb on-screen chemistry they exhibited? RUDO begins with the title characters as brothers;(Well, 1/2 brothers) working on a banana plantation in rural Mexico. RUDO gets off to a great start, although most of the funnier bits are rooted in the cultural regional oddities demonstrated in the congenial non-stop string of obscenities and insults the 2 brothers hurl at each other. I don’t use subtitles in Spanish, but for those who do, I’d imagine a lot of the humor is lost because of them. Also because regional cultural quirks are naturally lost in translation! As RUDO progressed, I increasingly became aware that my expectations weren’t going to be met! Like genetically engineered bananas(You know, the ones that take forever to ripen!) RUDO was picked too soon and served up green! The movie is funny and amusing at times, but could’ve been a lot funnier, if everybody hadn’t been so strained, if they all hadn’t TRIED so hard for laughs. I think I could’ve forgiven that RUDO’s basic premise revolves around two 30ish banana ranch worker brothers, who play local soccer on weekends, suddenly becoming the best PRO-soccer players in all of Mexico. That’s a lot of suspension-of-disbelief! Don’t miss Music Video: Special Features-Las chicas Mexicanas try just hard enough! RUDO =3*(Barely)AUG/28 Hijole! Que expectativa tan tremenda que tenia yo antes de ver a RUDO! Y por que no? Las peliculas Mejicanas que he visto en 2009-PADRISIMAS! Ademas, de nuevo, Gael Garcia Bernal y Diego Luna trabajando juntos, tal como lo hicieron en “Y Tu Mama Tambien”! Que actuaciones tan machas! Cierto? 3*
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Categories: Comedy
