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Casa de mi Padre (15)

Casa de mi Padre (15)

Comedy

Scheming on a way to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.


The critical consensus

Next time Ferrell ventures south of the border, he might want to take a gag-writer with him.

**(*)(*)(*)Eddie Harrison, The List, 11/05/2012

Grindhouse with giggles, this potboiler parody offers just enough to avoid being a curio – not least Ferrell at his straight-faced best. Arriba!

***(*)(*)Matt Mueller, Total Film, 29/05/2012

Often inspired but patchy overall, Ferrell's horse opera could have benefited from a sharper, even more out-there script. Grade-A assplay, though.

***(*)(*)Nick de Semlyen, Empire Online, 05/06/2012

There certainly aren’t too many genuine laughs to be had in the brief yet somehow still overlong 80-minute running time.

**(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 07/06/2012

A couple of wittily staged, extravagant action set-pieces add to the merriment, but this is a film that gets by on an endearing silliness rather than belly laughs.

***(*)(*)Chris Fyvie, The Skinn, 04/06/2012

In a previous life, the director was a Saturday Night Live writer, and the movie often has the feel of an overextended sketch, but the sheer weight of silliness wins you over in the end.

***(*)(*)Alison Rowat, The Herald, 07/06/2012

Unfortunately, neither the slapstick nor the dialogue have any spice or spark about them at all.

**(*)(*)(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 08/06/2012

The sole gag lies in the intentionally dodgy editing.

**(*)(*)(*)David Edwards, Daily Record, 08/06/2012

It's all a little undercooked, playing more like an extended version of a very funny trailer than an actual, full-bodied comedy.

***(*)(*)Phelim O'Neill, The Guardian, 07/06/2012

Good for a few chuckles, but once you've got over the novelty of hearing Ferrell speaking in Spanish in front of a cheap, painted backdrop, there's not much to it.

Nicholas Barber, The Independent, 10/06/2012

Vámonos, amigos!, murmuró, y los vaqueros montó en la crepúsculo friscalatito...

Adam Lee Davies, Little White Lies, 07/06/2012

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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