¡Que viva México!

2023 [SPANISH]

Comedy

Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 40% · 5 reviews
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 601 601

Plot summary



May 12, 2023 at 12:28 AM

Director

Luis Estrada

Top cast

Ana de la Reguera as Mari
Damián Alcázar as Rosendo / Regino / Ambrosio
Mayra Hermosillo as Gloria
Joaquín Cosio as Rosendito / Reginito / Abuelo
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1.73 GB
1280*640
Spanish 2.0
R
24 fps
3 hr 11 min
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3.54 GB
1920*960
Spanish 5.1
R
24 fps
3 hr 11 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by saenz-raul 10 / 10

An acid portrait of Mexicana

Each character in the movie is a symbol, an avatar of the many aspects of Mexico and it's people.

It feels like a dream, like a nightmare.

It uses cartoonish characters to make a point.

I don't think foreign audiences would be able to enjoy this movie as the language used and the symbols will be lost in translation.

Mexicans on the other hand will understand even tiny cameos of things and people in the movie.

This is not a subtle movie in any terms. Its very much in your face and it's better understood as satire.

I would like the director to make a movie about southeast Mexico, with actors from the area.

Reviewed by cobo-3 5 / 10

Far too long

This is a 3 hour "comedy". I don't have any idea how something like this could happen from a studio like Sony. There is no way to make a comedy funny and fun that is that long.

The worst part, is that most of that runtime could have been easily trimmed. The first hour is wasted in presenting characters and situations that have not much importance later on.

So, the story is very basic. A city man goes back to his childhood town for his grandfather's funeral and reading of his testament. In the will, his grandfather leaves all his valuable assets to him, to the chagrin of his very big family. This is the set up of the movie, this is where the story begins. This moments happens 1 hour 30 minutes into the movie (I know, because I was checking my watch constantly 30 minutes in).

The rest of the movie you have seen in countless others like Greedy (1994), where all relatives fight each other to get what they think is their fair share.

It could have been a fun silly comedy had it just focused on the funny bits, but it somehow gets lost in super long sequences and presenting dozens of characters that do nothing but just being presented.

A movie to avoid, for sure. But maybe we might eventually get the "Non Director's Cut", that puts this at 90 minutes, and maybe that would be a watchable funny movie.

Reviewed by hero-of-metal 9 / 10

Satire of the Mexico's discourse about the poors

The movie is a satire of the current discourse of mexican president who talks about fighting corruption and helping the poor people It won't attack the discourse, instead it will show you the real Mexico so you can judge if the discourse is true or not just as with other Luis Estrada movies.

The actors are second to none, Damian Alcazar portraying several characters displays why he is the current best mexican actor. While I was doubtful about Herrera and de la Reguera, now I understand they hired them because they portray a rich family, hence they are well suited for the role.

Great movie, the mexican president tried to censor the movie, and now it is using bots to give bad reviews.

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