There is plenty of coarse, macho humor. There are nearly as many moments that are goofy and sentimental.
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05/15/09
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
The material just isn't as fresh as the presentation.
05/15/09
not only does it fail to live up to the high standards of "Y Tu Mama Tambien," it doesn't even live up to the bar set by such earlier soccer films as "Victory," "Goal" and "Kicking and Screaming."
05/14/09
There's no depth to Rudo y Cursi, but Bernal and Luna make the surface formula more fun than you might expect.
05/14/09
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.
05/14/09
Rudo y Cursi is a grave and calculated affront to the men of Mexico, and that's the source of its roistering charm.
05/14/09
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
05/14/09
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
Rudo y Cursi is appealingly tough and corny but contains little that causes these elements to congeal into anything greater.
05/14/09
Rudo y Cursi is the sort of high-level buddy movie every national cinema needs for export -- along with its masterpieces, to be sure.
05/14/09
Top CriticNever loses touch with its whipsmart core of integrity and humor.
05/13/09
feels lazy, bland and ultimately fails to pack a real punch emotionally, dramatically and comedically.
05/11/09
...a good choice for the filmgoer who wants to think about the story rather than zone on the action of so many other sports films.
05/11/09
The actors' chemistry lifts what might have been an average sports melodrama to something near special.
05/10/09
A watchable breeze, elevated by the rapport between Garcia Bernal and Luna that blends love and competition into one indistinguishable family bond.
05/08/09
The results are not nearly as auspicious as that other film, but Bernal and Luna are so good together that they carry the day anyway.
05/08/09
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.
05/08/09
As Cuarón's enjoyable film about brotherhood and the beautiful game zestfully points out, a block and a save are two sides of the same play.
05/08/09
Top CriticIt gives a far deeper and more engaging portrait of Mexico -- rich and poor, rural and urban, old and new -- than you're likely to find anywhere else this week.
05/08/09
Top CriticI 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
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