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The Real Cancun (2003)

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Reviews Counted:22

Fresh:8

Rotten:14

Average Rating:4.4/10

Consensus: The footage is predictable and rather tame, and most of the people are uninteresting.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] Strong sexuality/nudity, language and partying

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Television

Theatrical Release:Apr 25, 2003 Wide

Box Office: $3,713,002

Synopsis: NO SCRIPTS. NO ACTORS. NO RULES. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN ON SPRING BREAK, AND IT DID. It's fun and sexy, unscripted and uncensored, but more than anything, it's The Real Cancun. Each year,... NO SCRIPTS. NO ACTORS. NO RULES. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN ON SPRING BREAK, AND IT DID. It's fun and sexy, unscripted and uncensored, but more than anything, it's The Real Cancun. Each year, over 40,000 college students travel to Cancun, Mexico for Spring Break. But this year, for the first time, sixteen people will come together for eight days in a beachfront Cancun villa for the ultimate Spring Break vacation. Bonds will be forged, romances sparked, friendships tested and hearts broken, all amidst a backdrop of non-stop partying. The cast includes: * Alan, 19, from Texas, the archetypal "good boy" who's not used to getting attention from the ladies and has never had a drink in his life * Casey, 25, an aspiring model from Miami (think Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High) who has never held a steady job and, with his "anything goes" attitude, views life in general as one long Spring Break * Roxanne and Nicole, 19, fun-loving twins from Texas, one a little bit wilder than the other * Heidi and David, 18, fresh-faced and innocent best friends who have always flirted with one another but never actually hooked up * Jeremy, 22, from Arizona, a self-professed "ladie's man" who has been training all his life for Spring Break * Jorell, 21, and Paul, 20, lifelong friends from Los Angeles who have never before been out of the United States and are prepared to have the time of their lives in Cancun New Line Cinema presents The Real Cancun, the first reality feature film. Sixteen everyday people chosen during open auditions at college campuses across the United States were willing to immerse themselves and indulge in the Spring Break revelry of Cancun, with the understanding they would be followed 24 hours a day by six camera crews. [More]

Director: Rick de Oliveira

Director: Rick de Oliveira
Producer: Mary-Ellis Bunim, Jonathan Murray, Jamie Schultz, Rick de Oliveira
Studio: New Line Cinema

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05/10/03
Robert Denerstein
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Denver Rocky Mountain News
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Hardly qualifies as a movie.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
05/09/03
Peter Howell
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05/02/03
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04/29/03
Dennis Lim
Dennis Lim
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... I found it fascinating.

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04/28/03
Richard Roeper
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This is the kind of fare that would be at home on late night cable, where its repetitiveness and mindlessness might offer channel surfers a cure for insomnia.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
04/26/03
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
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There's a case to be made for The Real Cancun as a document of the mating dance as well as an unintentionally poignant film about the brevity of youth.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
04/25/03
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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I don't want to say that The Real Cancun, is boring, but I fell asleep on my arm during the last 45 minutes and chewed it off rather than wake myself up.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
04/25/03
John Anderson
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Newsday
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This is a youth comedy without humor, a porn Web site without porn and reality without a trace of the real.

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04/25/03
Bob Campbell
Bob Campbell
Newark Star-Ledger
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Reality Land is a village built on lowest common denominators -- the cheapest, the dumbest, the wildest -- that Bunim and Murray well know often leads to the most fun.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
04/25/03
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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Like the average spring breaker, I enjoyed every minute of it, but felt totally despicable the minute it was over.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
04/25/03
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Like the end of most long vacations, it felt good to be going home.

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04/25/03
Matt Bonesteel
Matt Bonesteel
Washington Post
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A 90-minute confessathon minus the bleeped-out cuss words and pixelated breasts.

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04/25/03
Teresa Wiltz
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Washington Post
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The need for writers who can create character and excitement remains unthreatened by efforts to dredge drama from dullards by saturating their environment with cameras and microphones.

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04/25/03
Lawrence Van Gelder
Lawrence Van Gelder
New York Times
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It actually works as a sometimes funny, occasionally scandalous, but mostly involving narrative.

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04/25/03
Megan Lehmann
Megan Lehmann
New York Post
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Those who sit through this mindlessness get the booby prize.

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04/24/03
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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Spring break is meant to be wild and self-serving, packed with embarrassing, even shocking, memories. But when six camera crews follow every step of it -- 'Dude, too much information!'

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
04/24/03
Kathy Cano Murillo
Kathy Cano Murillo
Arizona Republic
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The possibilities, endless as they may be, never explode into the realm of bacchanal.

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04/24/03
Paul Brownfield
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