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  • 2009
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 46 m

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...

Directed By: Carlos Cuarón

Written By: Carlos Cuarón

  • 2009
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 46 m

Rudo y Cursi

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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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...

Directed By: Carlos Cuarón

Written By: Carlos Cuarón

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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0% Negative
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83
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.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
80
Rudo y Cursi is as fatalistic as any film noir, but it's played for cartoonish screwball comedy. At once smooth and frantic, filled with cozy clutter and vulgar jive, the movie subsumes its moralizing in frat-house entertainment.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
75
Rudo y Cursi is a grave and calculated affront to the men of Mexico, and that's the source of its roistering charm.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
75
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.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
70
Rudo y Cursi scores from every angle -- comic, personal and cross-cultural.
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50
Living up to its title, Rudo y Cursi is appealingly tough and corny but contains little that causes these elements to congeal into anything greater.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
40
Luna and Bernal have amiability, but not enough to earn a recommendation for this clichéd movie.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Focus Features International (FFI), Universal International Pictures (UI), Canana Films, Cha Cha Chá Films, Esperanto Filmoj, Producciones Anhelo
Release Date May 8, 2009
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline La Vida es Un Volado
Website http://www.sonyclassics.com/rudoycursi/
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Awards

Ariel Awards, Mexico
• 8 Nominations
Newport Beach Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Nomination

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