This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

A Major Disappointment

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Awful. Like all Will Ferrell movies. Really awful. I had hopes, given that Gael García Bernal is a very talented actor. Indeed the only reason I watched this was because of Bernal. I honestly hope this doesn't have a lasting negative impact on his career. It does, however, make me question his judgement. He's far too talented to have participate in another juvenile slapstick Will Ferrell waste of time. In this film, Ferrell manages to reduce the entire cast and crew to his level--that of a pile of stinking dog crap. Now let me be honest, the first half of this film was so very very bad that I simply couldn't stomach any more of it and turned it off. Thus it is possible that in the last half, Ferrell suddenly became an actual actor with a touch of talent, and the film magically turns around. But given Ferrell's track record or participating in films that aren't worth the plastic in the DVD, I have serious doubts.

We start out good with an Oscar-worthy theme song performed by Christina Aguilera. The soundtrack is pretty good in general. But the film goes down from then on...The budget must've been really low since many of the locations are models and stages. But at least they make fun of their low quality, like in the White Cat sequences.The scenes are overacted, sometimes decent, but at least it was intentional since it was made in soap opera style. Amazingly, Will Ferrell can speak Spanish very fluently. Nick Offerman's Spanish was OK.The story is boring, it only becomes interesting in the wedding scene and on forth which is the 2nd half of the movie. I think what most ruined the movie was the extremely cheesy love story. I guess it's justified since it's basically a soap opera. Besides who wouldn't fall for the lovely Sonia played by the Genesis Rodriguez? This is one of the toughest movies I've had to rate. It had to go down between a 5/10 (Meh) and a 6/10 (OK). So I officially rate it 5.5/10

There is something hilarious about a film where Will Ferrell stares passionately and speaks Spanish.I'm not always a fan of Ferrell, but here the guy is funny as hell. The best part is that he doesn't even tell jokes. On the contrary, he's almost overdramatical to a point where silliness abounds. And that's probably the thing that either makes the movie for you or turns you away from it. Think of it as fun and care-free satire combining spaghetti westerns, Spanish soap operas and crime movies about drugs. In "Casa de mi padre", you find lots of shoddy sets, fake animals, dolls, R-rated violence, smoking and songs. I absolutely loved the songs! This is a weird combination of elements and felt so fresh. I could not help but get into a good mood. Add the most ridiculous love-making scene I remember seeing, and we got ourselves something special.This movie has problems though. As much as I love the fake outlook and silly approach, they kind of messed it up at some parts. Sometimes when they try to actually make a visual "so fake and ridiculous that it's funny"-joke, the joke lingers too long or is shoved in your face, thus losing some potential. When it works it's great and even pretty intelligent, and when it doesn't it seems like the movie is pandering to children in a "here's the joke! get it?"-manner. Also, some characters had the potential to be funny (Nick Offerman) but they ended up being something less.The whole cast is good and funny enough, and Ferrell gets two thumbs up, but Genesis Rodriguez was outstanding. She wasn't only outrageously beautiful, she had a certain edge to her performance. I really enjoyed it. She might have a great career ahead of her.When you watch this film, don't expect a typical comedy. Don't expect a "Hangover 11". Don't also expect a Lebowskian masterpiece, but something intentionally shoddy and funny in its own weird way. And Will Ferrell speaking/singing in Spanish, of course.

Mindset before movie: I didn't know what to expect at first. In the last few years I've seen Will Ferrell in a lot of mould-breaking movies like "Stranger Than Fiction" and "Everything Must Go". I've heard nothing about this movie, didn't even know it existed. When I saw it on this Netflix, I thought it looked like it was gonna be a typical movie from that side of Will Ferrell I'm not a big fan of. With that said, expectations weren't at their highest but I still wasn't sure...Mindset after movie: I think he just went up 2 points. This movie gives you an example of the some of the talent Will Ferrell possesses, he is seriously one talented man. I really enjoyed this, it was filled with the over-acting and subtle humour that Will Ferrell is known for while maintaining a serious and violent story. And Will didn't scream once. He yelled a couple of times, but the scenes called for it. FYI: It seriously is a Spanish language movie. There's a warning before the movie starts, but I wasn't sure if I should believe it because he's tricked me before. This movie made me think of "El Mariachi" (the only Mexican movie I have ever seen) while also reminding me of those cheesy Mexican soap operas that were on the Spanish channel... late nights... around the time I was hitting puberty... But, this movie has no boobies, the story was good and the overall production value was waaay better.If you are like me and are a Will Ferrell fan for the most part, you should watch this, it's very funny and it was put together really well. You too will probably have more respect for the man, I mean he did it in Spanish! He didn't just do the accent, he did the language! Tom Cruise wouldn't even learn German for "Valkyrie" and he was payed waay more.