A brilliant and funny homage to the low budget mexican films which it parodies and full of very. With excessive stylization, english subtitles and hollywood. Is it a sly, wellcrafted comedy or a meanspirited smackdown. As a bonus you get the gorgeous genesis rodriguez who positively melts the screen with her sensual looks. Even though i dont understand spanish i still loved the songs. The dark knight rises the avengers skyfall project x. As the ranch encounters financial difficulties, armandos younger brother raul diego luna, shows up with his new fiance, sonia genesis rodriguez. With will ferrell, gael garcia bernal, diego luna, nick offerman. Funniest movie youll ever read scheming of a way to save their fathers ranch, the alvarez brothers find themselves in. It seems that rauls success as an international businessman means the. The film is entirely in spanish, with english subtitles, and played out like a very melodramatic telenovela tongueincheek of course. Though the film plays with cliche genre conventions, it fails to get. A mexican melodrama with sincere ranchers, a brutal drug lord and a buxom babe. As the ranch faces financial strains, armandos younger brother raul diego luna shows up with his new fiancee, sonia genesis rodriguez and pledges to settle all his fathers debts.
United states march 16, 2012 limited canada march 16, 2012. It was described to be in the style of an overly dramatic telenovela and tells the story of. In january 2011, a synopsis of the plot was released along with a report that the. The surveys are free and only take about a minute to complete and then you download the subtitle. Directed by matt piedmont and starring will ferrell, gael garcia bernal, diego luna and genesis rodriguez. Funniest movie youll ever read scheming of a way to save their fathers ranch, the alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with mexicos most feared drug lord. As the ranch encounters financial difficulties, armandos younger brother raul diego luna, shows up with his new fiance, sonia genesis. I love the cheesy backdrops and fake looking animals notably the mountain lion. Will ferrell stars in this spanishlanguage comedy as a mexican rancher who gets caught in the middle of a drug war. Its spoken almost entirely in spanish with english subtitles, and content is very mature throughout there are highly stylized violent shootouts with lots of blood and. The film feels ultimately hollow, perhaps because mocking soap operas is the comics equivalent of shooting fish tacos in a barrel.
In this intentionally dramatic, spanishlanguage telenovela spoof, a rancher in mexico takes on a powerful drug lord to save his the family ranch. Even if you dont like reading subtitles you should make an exception and check this out. And when i say cheeky, its what youre thinking second. Its spoken almost entirely in spanish with english subtitles, and content is very mature throughout there are. There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including 21 jump street, seeking justice and detachment. Scheming on a way to save their fathers ranch, the alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with mexicos most feared drug lord. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 48.
Scheming of a way to save their fathers ranch, the alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with mexicos most feared drug lord. We provide 2012 movie release dates, cast, posters, trailers and ratings. Three stars out of five will ferrell teamed with 2 of his snl writer buddies, matt piedmont the director and andrew steele the writer, to bring us this spanishlanguage western. Scheming on a way to save their fathers ranch, the alvarez broth. With costars nick offerman and diego luna, ferrell scores on so many levels in his spanish language debut. Will ferrell stars as a spanishspeaking cowboy in this comedy about a mexican clan trying to. As the ranch faces financial strains, armandos younger brother raul diego luna shows up with his new fiancee, sonia genesis rodriguez and pledges to settle all his. The movie has more buttgroping than anything this side of the rio grande.
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