Instructions Not Included (2013)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 7
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Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 1
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Movie Info
Valentin (Eugenio Derbez) is Acapulco's resident playboy-until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and takes off without a trace. Valentin leaves Mexico for Los Angeles to find the baby's mother, but only ends up finding a new home for himself and his newfound daughter, Maggie (Loreto Peralta). An unlikely father figure, Valentin raises Maggie for six years, while also establishing himself as one of Hollywood's top stuntmen to pay the bills, with Maggie acting as his on-set coach. As
Cast
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Eugenio Derbez
Valentin -
Loreto Peralta
Maggie -
Jessica C. Lindsey
Julie -
Daniel Raymont
Frank Ryan -
Alessandra Rosaldo
Reneé -
Hugo Stiglitz
Johnny Bravo -
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All Critics (15) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (7)
The film's counterintuitive success is largely due to Derbez, who demonstrates why he is beloved, both south and north of the border.
Top CriticThis sporadically amusing but unduly protracted dramedy devolves into a shameless tearjerker in its third act.
There's a lot of movie here with unexpected developments, held together by the irresistible chemistry between Derbez and his adorable pint-sized co-star.
"Instructions Not Included" is a sweet little movie that is more than it seems to be.
It's not a great film, but for what it wants to do, it's a decent diversion.
Derbez, a sharp comedic actor with an emotive face, ably shoulders most of the film's emotional burden.
Unevenly handled, slurrying emotions in a way that feels careless rather than cleverly unconventional.
Mix of comedy and tragedy in Mexican dad-daughter tale.
Overlong, overly broad and overly familiar. But not without its charms
A sloppy melange of unpersuasive melodrama, amateurish mugging, unfunny comedy and mawkish sentimentality.
Charming and entertaining, if overlong and a bit too melodramatic, Instructions ultimately works because of the cast.
'Instructions Not Included' is definitely not light on its feet. But despite its flaws, it's effective in the end. (Full Parental Review also available)
Derbez, who also directed the film, gives the movie a strong core through his expressive face.
It doesn't transition smoothly between comedy and drama, and the constant mugging of Derbez becomes as tiresome as his character's lack of common sense.
Alternately and creepily plays toward young children and horny adults.
Audience Reviews for Instructions Not Included
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- Valentin: Because you are different.
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Foreign Titles
- Instructions Not Included (No se Aceptan Devoluciones) (DE)
- Instructions Not Included (No se Aceptan Devoluciones) (UK)
