Casa De Mi Padre

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  • Opened March 16, 2012 
  • 1 hr 24 min
  • R | Language, Drug Use, Bloody Violence and Some Sexual Content
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says not for kids. More on child suitability

  • Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch encounters financial difficulties, Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) shows up with his new fiancée, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez). It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over as he pledges to settle all debts his father has incurred. But when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul's business dealings turn out to be less than legit, all hell breaks loose as they find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord, the mighty Onza (Gael Garcia Bernal). Full synopsis

  • Cast: Will Ferrell, Diego Luna, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Génesis Rodríguez, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez, Gael García Bernal
  • Director: Matt Piedmont
  • Genres: Comedy

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Fan Reviews

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by djfingers

It's not a movie for everyone, not even sure for who it is worth seeing. It was interesting, but not funny enough. They definitely made some bold choices, but didn't pull off the movie in the end. ...

Oh No!
Horrible...even if you're a Will Ferrell fan!

by JoiaRox

This movie started out with great promise, with a brilliant introduction featuring songstress Christina Aguilera and a comedy scene reminiscent of Will Ferrell's comedy. However, the movie was...

Must Go!
LMAO

by young.sav

This movie was so funny. Everyone in the theater was laughing so hard through a huge percentage of the movie.MUST SEEE!!...

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Critic Reviews

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Casa de Mi Padre is at its best (a relative term, mind you) when it's at its silliest and most surreal. Read full review

75
USA Today
| Claudia Puig

This very funny spoof of telenovelas and classic Mexican westerns is decidedly offbeat and absurdly daffy. Read full review

75
Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

If you take the film on its own terms, as a kind of Elvis movie dipped in guacamole, it's quirkily engrossing. Ferrell is a good straight actor for the same reason that he's an inspired comedian: He commits himself to every moment. Read full review

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NPR
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The film feels ultimately hollow, perhaps because mocking soap operas is the comic's equivalent of shooting fish tacos in a barrel. In fact, the concept for Casa de mi Padre seems born out of one too many tequila-infused evenings in the Funny or Die writers' room. Read full review

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Will Ferrell and Diego Luna in "Casa De Mi Padre."