Hilarious, satirical and melancholy, "Rudo y Cursi" may not go as deep as "Y Tu Mamá También," but it has a similar vivacity.

| Feb 6, 2018

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 16, 2011

Apparently it's a hit in Mexico, which shows a remarkably generous sense of humour, given that Cuaron leaves no one standing. It's a funny movie but quite brutal.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 31, 2009

A film that can't quite choose between the light and dark possibilities it conjures.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 31, 2009

He's helped by charismatic, pleasingly ambivalent performances by all involved, and while a later penalty sequence is needlessly prolonged, it doesn't diminish the film's cumulative effect. Serious fun.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 3, 2009

This is a movie enlivened by the two stars' goofy love-hate relationship, its all-pervasive cynicism and the film-maker's mischievous decision to keep his eye off the ball.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 3, 2009

It's a tale of two humble Mexican boys filmed with rough-around-the-edges production values and lots of energy, whose appeal will stretch to footie fans who wouldn't normally park themselves in front of a subtitled film.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 3, 2009

Rudo and Cursi has enough vitality to transcend its air of formula.

| Jul 3, 2009

This tale of two brothers seems to be a comic satire on ambition, but the laughs are desperately hard to come by.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 3, 2009

Sexy and freewheeling, if frustratingly slight, it never hits the emotional back of the net in the manner of Looking For Eric but the lead actors' charisma keeps you merrily bouncing along.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 3, 2009

Cuaron's mixture of near farce and realism works well most of the time, though there are moments when the narration suffers from too many meaningless metaphors.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 3, 2009

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 3, 2009

This is rarely anything more than an entertaining romp, going for belly laughs rather than satirical incisiveness.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 26, 2009

Rudo y Cursi never quite figures out what it wants to be. Is it a sports comedy? A tale of sibling rivalry? A look at Mexico's gritty underbelly, set against a soccer backdrop?

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 17, 2009

[Has] a mess of cultural issues to reckon with, and Rudo y Cursi deals with them while offering an engaging rags-to-riches sports fantasy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 29, 2009

As we follow their adventures, it's impossible to ignore how poorly women come off in this story, alternatively as nags, cheats, liars and cloying opportunists.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 22, 2009

Some of this is funny, thanks to the playful performances, but much of it just seems familiar and juvenile.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 22, 2009

Ay carumba-blimey, what a mess.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 22, 2009

Far from a complete disaster but it is definitely a missed opportunity for something memorable and is likely to get lost in the summer movie shuffle in its stateside run.

| May 15, 2009

This is not a sports movie. But for lovers of Luna and Bernal, especially Luna and Bernal together, Rudo y Cursi will be a quick, harmless, caffeinated booster shot until their next collaboration.

| May 15, 2009