Casa de mi padre

Casa de mi padre (2012)

  • 45% of critics liked it
    (82 reviews)

  • 57% of users liked it
    (26,046 ratings)

Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch encounters financial difficulties, Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) shows up with his new fiancée, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez). It seems that Raul's success as an international… More

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R, 1 hr. 24 min.
Directed By
Matt Piedmont
Written By
Andrew Steele
Genres
Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 16, 2012 Limited
Pantelion Films

Critic Reviews

  • Ian Buckwalter, The Atlantic

    As a low-budget independent not necessarily intended for a broad audience, Casa doesn't have to bow to the middle-of-the-road multiplex appeal that handcuffs many SNL-pedigreed films. That works to the film's great benefit.

  • Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

    Ferrell hurls himself into the melodramatic, heavy-breathing telenovela style of acting. And surrounded by actors who know the genre and get the joke (Efren Ramirez from Napoleon Dynamite among them), this send-up works.

  • Eric D. Snider, Film.com

    I tend to be amused by Ferrell in most circumstances, and the things I like about him - his bizarre sensibilities hidden beneath a mainstream exterior, his unwavering sincerity regardless of his characters' absurdity - are on display here.

  • Dana Stevens, Slate

    I regard Casa de Mi Padre as an interesting but failed experiment.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Ferrell is an hombre loco. Mi gusta.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Manu G


    Funniest movie you'll ever read. Not bad but not great either. Will Ferrell speaking Spanish is somewhat funny but I thought it was gonna be even funnier. The supporting cast wasn't that funny and that made the film less funny and a little boring. While watchable, I would… More

  • Tyler C


    Very funny from parodying the notorious conventions of the telenovela and has a different, yet still solid performance by Will Ferrell. If you can take it in for its absurdly cheap and ridiculous tone, you'll have a lot of fun.

  • Markus R


    Is "Casa de mi Padre" funny if you don't speak Spanish? Well, ehhh maybe near the end. The real question is: Is "Casa de mi Padre" funny to anyone who didn't grow up in a Mexican (Mexican-American) household with black and white ranchero movies on the… More

  • Aaron N


    DEA Agent Parker: Do. You. Speak American? Armando Alvarez: No sir. I don't speak American. I have got to hand it to Will Ferrell. In recent times, it seems like some have soured on some of his antics, which can happen to a lot of comedic stars who make a lot of… More

  • Reid V


    I had no idea what to expect from this film and I am glad I walked into it that way. It is bizarre, audacious, & absolutely hysterical. Don't read anything about it. Just close your laptop, head to the cinemas, and enjoy a truly original comedy.

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