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07/03/09
Rudo and Cursi (2009)
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Reviews Counted:102
Fresh:74
Rotten:28
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Despite its fair share of sports movie cliches, Rudo y Cursi marks an auspicious directing debut for Carlos Cuarón, and features strong performances from García Bernal and Luna.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:May 8, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $1,746,295
Synopsis: Beto (Diego Luna) and Tato (Gael García Bernal) Verdusco are brothers who work at a banana plantation and also play soccer for the village team. Nicknamed “Tough” because of his personality and... [More]
Reviews for Rudo and Cursi
This tale of two brothers seems to be a comic satire on ambition, but the laughs are desperately hard to come by.
07/03/09
feels lazy, bland and ultimately fails to pack a real punch emotionally, dramatically and comedically.
05/11/09
Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna reunite in Rudo y Cursi to denigrate rubes from Jalisco as slow-witted provincial brothers and banana plantation workers whose unlikely rise to soccer stardom supplies the purported comedy.
05/03/09
Far from a complete disaster but it is definitely a missed opportunity for something memorable and is likely to get lost in the summer movie shuffle in its stateside run.
05/15/09
Rudo y Cursi never quite figures out what it wants to be. Is it a sports comedy? A tale of sibling rivalry? A look at Mexico's gritty underbelly, set against a soccer backdrop?
06/17/09
Plagued with American sports-film clichés
05/07/09
Lackadaisically directed by Carlos Cuaron, the movie lopes along behind the characters, both of whom are unlikable and neither of whom is interesting.
05/29/09
I won't tell you who wins the Rudo/Cursi showdown, but when it comes to the Cuarón brothers, my money's on Alfonso.
05/08/09
Subtitles, pervasive obscenity, macho mother insults and some nudity/sex probably will not draw in the viewers who made a family hit of Bend It Like Beckham.
05/07/09
Carlos Cuaron has directed a typical rise-and-fall picture. Granted, it has loads of local flavor and two appealing leads, but it adds little to the genre and is too melodramatic to rise above.
06/12/09
All you can see are a pair of aging jocks laboring for condescending yuks
08/25/09
A banal examination of the rivalry of two brothers who play soccer and jeopardize their game through greed and selfishness and the quest for fame.
05/08/09
As we follow their adventures, it’s impossible to ignore how poorly women come off in this story, alternatively as nags, cheats, liars and cloying opportunists.
05/22/09
This bitter pill might easily have driven the rest of the film, but instead Cuaron contrives for both brothers to become stars, and the story devolves into a familiar tale about the price of success.
05/14/09
This Spanish-language comedy-drama keeps trying to convince us it's lighter-hearted than its material would suggest.
06/25/09
The material just isn't as fresh as the presentation.
05/15/09
Some of this is funny, thanks to the playful performances, but much of it just seems familiar and juvenile.
05/22/09
Not freewheeling enough to be deemed innovative or exciting.
05/07/09
I’m not sure which is more offensive: That Cuarón believes these scumbag brothers are heroes, or that the biggest scumbag in the film can be a hero to all.
05/28/09
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