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06/24/06
Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:8
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.4/10
Theatrical Release:Sep 27, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: Captain Pantaleon Pantoja (Salvador del Solar) is a straightlaced Peruvian military man with a new wife and a child on the way. Honest and hardworking, he has no choice but to follow orders when he... [More]
Starring: Salvador del Solar, Angie Cepeda, Pilar Bardem, Monica Sanchez
Director: Francisco J. Lombardi
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Reviews for Captain Pantoja and the Special Services
1 - 16 (sorted by date)
Francisco Lombardi's film is a bit long, but upholds comedy and jungle sensuality on a very amusing tripod.
05/09/03
Sex comedy has a fun premise, but is surprisingly neither very sexy nor funny.
03/01/03
Del Solar's performance as the quintessential company man gives the film an unexpected poignancy: Neither a rebel nor a conscienceless drone, he's a man who knows his limitations and tries to do his best within them.
02/14/03
Director Francisco de Lombardi fills his sensual film with plenty of gorgeous shots of the lush landscape and its equally exotic, miniskirted 'fauna.'
02/14/03
Top CriticThis film might've fared better if those involved realized how fiercely their material begs for a plunge into the deep end.
02/11/03
Top CriticA pedestrian film that provides little more than a superficial treat.
11/22/02
Top CriticPantaleon y las Visitadoras, which has three distinct acts, each of which works as a self-contained little film, runs a whopping 138 minutes. But it remains enjoyable, even as it grows darker.
11/22/02
For a long time, the moive gets by on kooky, erotic charm.
11/22/02
Promises to skewer sexual politics but instead turns out to be a one-joke pony.
11/21/02
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09/27/02
Wears one down with a long running time and diminishing returns on its wicked premise.
09/27/02
Top CriticGoofy but enjoyable.
09/27/02
Top CriticA sexy, exuberant (if overly long) tale.
09/26/02
Top CriticWithout the character detail and internal motivations that presumably exist in the novel, the film feels too schematic, a reduction to types going through the paces of plot.
09/26/02
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