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  • 2007
  • PG-13
  • Univisión Network
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2007
  • PG-13
  • Univisión Network
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary A heist movie in the classic Hollywood tradition, Ladrón que roba a ladrón follows two crack thieves, Emilio and Alejandro, who reunite to rob the biggest thief they know – Moctesuma Valdez, a TV infomercial guru who’s made millions selling worthless health products to poor Latino immigrants. Valdez’s empire is next to impossible to infi...

Written By: JoJo Henrickson

  • 2007
  • PG-13
  • Univisión Network
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2007
  • PG-13
  • Univisión Network
  • 1 h 38 m

Ladrón que roba a ladrón

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
61
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary A heist movie in the classic Hollywood tradition, Ladrón que roba a ladrón follows two crack thieves, Emilio and Alejandro, who reunite to rob the biggest thief they know – Moctesuma Valdez, a TV infomercial guru who’s made millions selling worthless health products to poor Latino immigrants. Valdez’s empire is next to impossible to infi...

Written By: JoJo Henrickson

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
61
55% Positive
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36% Mixed
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9% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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55% Positive
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36% Mixed
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9% Negative
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75
This good-natured genre piece gets the job done while sneaking in a couple of pointed observations about contemporary Latino immigrant life.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
75
Entertaining, casually satirical crowd-pleaser.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
75
Ladron plays like a telenovela without the melodrama. The characters are brightly drawn archetypes, and the humor's very broad. But the tone is nice and brash.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
67
To make an intelligent heist film is difficult work; to shoot an entertaining sociological study is near impossible. To manage both at the same time has got to be some kind of minor miracle.
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50
The producers have stated that they're going after an American market that supports Spanish-language TV networks, radio stations and newspapers. This niche audience may well respond to not being required to read subtitles, for once, in a movie geared to them.
By Ruthe Stein FULL REVIEW
40
For a movie whose bad guy bamboozles unsuspecting Latinos with false promises, Ladrón could be cited for precisely the same offense.
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38
There's nothing so artistic about it as to attract the same art-house crowd that braved subtitles to discover "Nine Queens," and yet, it's professional enough that Spanish speakers will be glad to have a heist movie on par with "Rush Hour 3" or "The Pacifier" made in their native tongue.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
6.8
63% Positive
5 Ratings
25% Mixed
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13% Negative
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13% Negative
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Production Company Narrow Bridge Films, Panamax Films
Release Date Aug 31, 2007
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating PG-13
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Website http://www.lionsgate.com/ladron
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