Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Two siblings rival each other inside the world of professional soccer.This film is marketed as being from the creators of "Y Tu Mama Tambien", which is not only true but very wise marketing. But let us not be fooled, this film is not on the same level, even if it looks just as good and has the same folks involved.Aspects of it are quite good, and the Cheap trick karaoke is fairly amusing. But this rivalry of two soccer players is not very compelling. In "Mama", there was another rivalry between two young men, but that seemed more powerful. This is a situation where we feel no need to care about one or the other.

I'm a sucker for foreign films and I must say this one is in my top three. Why? Because it's not just a movie about two Mexican brothers playing soccer. Rudo y Cursi is a cinematic tribute to the love-hate relationship between brothers and their individual struggles; one with women and fame and the other with gambling and drug addiction. The plot and the script were both well written. I especially liked Batuta's comments after each "event" in the movie; his metaphors for how life is like the game of soccer. You've got all sorts of layers in this movie involving family, culture, personal perspective, and a great ending that defines the quality of the story. Definitely a film worth watching.

Make no mistake about it, this film does not have any great message but its' sure fun to watch. It's full of zest and sparkle and never a dull moment.There are two brothers – one is married with children and the other single. They both work on a banana plantation and are cajoled into signing up to play soccer in the big leagues in Mexico City. The laughs start almost right away. If you like a film that can laugh at itself and its' society than this may be for you. Everyone and everything gets a good thumping. Also the focus is not on soccer – this is not a sports movie.

I found this movie outstanding, especially in the acting, but in the writing as well. It tells the story of two brothers whose relationship with each other grows and flourishes, even as the world of big-time professional sports chews them both up and threatens to spit them out as nothing but bones. In the telling of the story, there is only a little shred of doubt that their sports careers will plummet, but as a viewer it is hard not to cling to that doubt.Even as events begin to unfold as painfully as you'd expect them to, all the while you're hoping that somehow things will work out well in the end. The point that a lot of reviewers seem to miss is that, in a sense, things really do work out well in the end. But to realize this, you have to re-calibrate your values to understand what success in life really is.The direction is interesting, with a lot of goofy comedy and fortune-cookie truisms interspersed between serious drama. Some folks might find that contrast off-putting, but i think the filmmakers were making a conscious comparison of the world of entertainment and the world of family. Much of the soccer is off-screen, which i assume is a budgetary thing, but in a way it might help the viewer to understand that this film is not really about soccer, it's about being brothers.