Rudo y Cursi

Name: Rudo y Cursi
Genre: Drama, Sport, Comedy
Released: May 8, 2009
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal

2009

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 8, 2009 | R

Starring: Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal

Summary: Beto and Tato Verdusco are brothers who work at a
banana plantation and also play soccer for the village team. Nicknamed “Tough” because of his personality and football style, Beto dreams of becoming a professional soccer player; Tato’s dream is to be a famous singer, and both share the dream of building a house for their mother, Elvira.Beto and Tato Verdusco are brothers who work at a
banana plantation and also play soccer for the village team. Nicknamed “Tough” because of his personality and football style, Beto dreams of becoming a professional soccer player; Tato’s dream is to be a famous singer, and both share the dream of building a house for their mother, Elvira. They have a change in luck when “Batuta”, a soccer talent scout, discovers them accidentally. Tato is the first to move to the big city where he becomes the star goal scorer for the prestigious Deportivo Amaranto. His baroque
playing style earns him the nickname of “Corny”. Although Beto feels he has been betrayed and left behind, he soon travels to Mexico City to become the goalkeeper for Atlético Nopaleros. At the peak of glory, they forget all animosity, although it does
not last long. At the very real possibility of fulfilling all of their dreams, the siblings must face an innate rivalry as well as their own demons and limitations. Beto is a gambler and allows his addiction to drag him down; Tato is unable to recognize his true talents and squanders every opportunity by pursuing a false idea of celebrity and status. The dream seems to slip through their fingers. And it is at their worst moment that the brothers find forgiveness trying to help each other while casting headlong towards their individual destiny. (Sony Classics)… Expand

Director: Carlos Cuarón

Genre(s): Drama, Sport, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 103 min

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

The intimate movie hums with a back-in-the-hood vibe that gets the two stars playing contentedly, and delightfully, for the love of local filmmaking. Read full review

Robert Abele

Mexico has had its share of debilitating transnational news lately, but the arrival of the puckishly entertaining, fleet-of-foot drama-comedy Rudo y Cursi deserves a hearty welcome. Read full review

Connie Ogle

Fierce, profane and hilarious comedy. Read full review

Peter Travers

Luna and García Bernal display the kind of chemistry that makes you overlook the clichés in the script by first-time director Carlos Cuarón. Sometimes good-natured fun is enough. Read full review

Duane Byrge

Rudo y Cursi scores from every angle -- comic, personal and cross-cultural. Read full review

Dana Stevens

Carlos Cuarón's screenplay is rambling and unstructured but full of vibrant dialogue. As in "Y Tu Mamá También," the insults the two leads hurl at one another are creatively filthy. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Luna and Bernal have amiability, but not enough to earn a recommendation for this clichéd movie. Read full review

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DogeGamer2015

May 15, 2021

Es una muy buena película mexicana sobre el fútbol y la fama; la trama es divertida y las actuaciones son excelentes; la recomiendo mucho.

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