Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella
Two siblings rival each other inside the world of professional soccer.
DVD Release Date: August 25, 2009
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June 15, 2009Pretty good with some hilarious bits sprinkled here and there. However, there was a void of some kind; or maybe something looming like a dark cloud. It is something I can barely describe. It could have been perhaps the subtle presence of a dystopia that continues to remain unreck...( read more)
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May 30, 2009?Rudo y Cursi?, the first film by Cha Cha Chá productions (Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro & Alejandro González Iñárritu), is a sports movie without the sports. It has a seedy talent scout, a gold-digging trophy girlfriend, a sibling rivalry, and a climactic big game - however...( read more)
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December 31, 2008I just can't take that Letters to Cleo cover out of my head! :)
NOTE to all the haters: consider this is a dumb comedy meant to make an audience laugh, not think. Mexican cinema lacks on dumb comedies as we always think we must do serious movies with seri...( read more) -
May 25, 2009I really like Gael Barcia Bernal, but this wasn't all that exciting. The actors have definite chemistry but the film isn't quite funny or amusing enough.
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September 28, 2009Carlos Cuaron's debut is a lot like his brother's film, Y Tu Mama Tambien. And that's not a bad thing. A great character study filled with humor and great acting.
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November 5, 2009Me parece una película muy simplona pero la forma en como tratan el tema de un futbolista llegando de la fama a la miseria me parece muy buena, además la pelicula es entretenida
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November 3, 2009very average and im mexican and the performances of both of them are quit bad
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October 29, 2009It could have been so much better. I just didn't feel a connection to the story despite the good acting.
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October 28, 2009Fantastic film! I loved it. The story is kind of predicible, but only in the big picture. There were lots of smaller details that completely caught me by surprise. I really like both Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, and they both give pretty good performances. I actually didn't...( read more)
Critic Reviews
July 3, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
May 29, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Carlos Cuaron, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Y Tu Mama También, makes his directorial debut with this easygoing sports movie/family drama/musical comedy/crime story. full review
May 14, 2009
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
There are plenty of kicks: class struggle, wild crackups, Cheap Trick, occasional melodrama and lots of blackly comic moralizing on the lure and letdowns of modern Mexican celebrity. full review
May 14, 2009
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
Anyone who has spent any time watching movies about competitive brothers playing the same sport for different teams knows where all this is going to lead full review
May 14, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rudo y Cursi is the sort of high-level buddy movie every national cinema needs for export -- along with its masterpieces, to be sure. full review
May 8, 2009
Marcy Dermansky, About.com
To put it plainly, both actors play unlikeable dimwits. [...] It's a shame that Bernal and Luna could not have had a better project for their reunion. full review
May 8, 2009
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
You'd never know this was a debut film. Unlike Rudo and Cursi, who don't know their left from their right, Mr. Cuarón directs with a hand that's as sure as it is deft. full review
May 8, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
It mixes soap-opera sentimentality with playful, jumpy aggression and dresses a bittersweet, rags-to-riches fable in the bright clothes of pop satire. full review
May 7, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Luna and García Bernal display the kind of chemistry that makes you overlook the clichés in the script by first-time director Carlos Cuarón. Sometimes good-natured fun is enough. full review
May 7, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Rudo y Cursi is enjoyable, with an engaging ensemble cast anchored by the charismatic performances of Luna and Bernal. full review
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