Casa De Mi Padre [DVD]

I love telenovelas! That being said, Will Ferrell's Spanish in "My Father's House" is just bad enough that I can almost understand it, and trust me: I do NOT speak Spanish, so the captions are a treat.This delightful spoof takes itself seriously every single second of its running time, which always adds to the fun. When the badly made fake white puma laughed sardonically, I bought every moment; and I loved the horseback riding on stuffed animals with a fan blowing their hair. Any time our three heroes are riding in the pickup, the same scene goes by the "windows" and you can practically see the wires holding up the bushes. Rough scene shifts and laughably poor continuity were fun all the way, e.g., our hero has a roll-your-own cigarette in his mouth, dribbling tobacco down his shirt front. In the next camera angle...no cigarette. Then from another view, there is that cigarette again!We follow the estupido second son of a successful Mexican rancher. All the dialogue is in Spanish with the exception of a creepy American DEA officer who speaks a clumsy combination. This cast is terrific: * Will Ferrell ("The Other Guys") is Armando, a well-meaning but clumsy hombre who will never measure up to his padre's expectations. He is still a virgin because the "right woman" hasn't come along. I think his chances would improve if he could only learn how to roll his own cigarettes! * Genesis Rodriguez ("Man on a Ledge") Sonia seems to be the "right woman" despite the fact that she is engaged to Armando's brother and appears to be connected to drug lords. In keeping with the telenovela tradition, she sings at the end! * Diego Luna ("Y tu mamá también") Raul is Papa's favorite. Little does the old man suspect that his son's obvious succe$$ is NOT based on livestock! * Gael Garcia Bernal ("Letters to Juliet") is an especially great "bad guy!" He lights two Canadian Slim cigarettes and smokes them alternately with either hand. He wears white cowboy boots that are waaaay too long, and is obviously having a blast! Actually, a sharp-eyed Amazon reader enlightened me: Those white boots are not too big for him. He says they are called chuntaros and they are made that way. I added this information on my blog @ JayFlix.net, as well. Thanks!There is a hilarious scene where two Mexicans are discussing the drug trade. The "Narco" rationalizes that he isn't selling drugs to Mexicans, just fat, stupid Americanos. I was delighted with the equal time granted to the Gringos before the film ended!The sound track is loaded with referential, mariachi-tinged música that adds to the fun. The men's trio "No Se" ("I Don't Know"), complete with bongos, was a delight. Amazon.com will let me know when I can add this one to my collection.

A coworker recommended seeing this film, now I'm recommending it to everyone who's a Will Ferrell fan. This movie is a mixture of at least 5 other movies themes all in one. First and foremost if you're not into foreign language films with subtitles, you may not enjoy this movie. Spoken completely in Spanish, even by Will, and not dubbed, this movie is basically centered around the life of a Mexican ranchero and his family. To set the tone, throughout the entire movie Will seems to be imitating George W Bush, but with the humility and hidden ferocity of Jet Li. Supported by his vaquero (cowboy) friends, life on the ranch for Armando (Will Ferrell) seems routine and peaceful. Unknowingly to him, Armando gets pulled into the sinister world of Mexican American narcotics trafficking by his brother and his beautiful fiancé. Trapped between the love he has for his family, his family's name, honor, and dignity, the burning desire he now has for the brother's fiancé, and the evil narcotics world that he's been dragged into, Armando must quickly come of age and find a way to defend his life, his family, and his family's dignity that he holds so dear. This movie is full of slapstick comedy, oddities than can only appear in a WF movie, with action, drama, and romance akin to a Mexican novella. If you're a die-hard WF fan, you won't be disappointed by his comedic genius in Casa!

Goofy movie but funny. Under rated, would recommend.

It’s funny, but not in the way Will Ferrell movies are funny with him as the star. Lots of great actors carry the load on this one.

Man I've been looking everywhere for this movie. I remember seeing a few commercials advertising it on tv years ago, and then it just disappeared. It's odd that's it's taken me this long to finally watch it since this was made still during Will Ferrell's heyday as a big comedy star. Well anyway I finally watched it, and even after seeing the trailer for it first, I really didn't know what to expect. So I'm guessing this is supposed to be a parody of Spanish soap operas and spaghetti westerns maybe? Anyhow this movie was ok. The humor is very reminiscent of other Will Ferrell movies like Talladega Nights and the Anchorman duology. Sure it was funny and made me laugh a lot, but for the most part I had trouble telling what was meant to be funny during the first half of the movie. I think that most of the comedy was based on the fact that Will was speaking Spanish throughout the whole thing, and I'll admit he did a good job, and that's coming from someone who doesn't speak Spanish. The acting was good too, not Oscar worthy but it was good, and it's always great to have the awesome Nick Offerman in your movie. Plus we get to see Genesis Rodriguez's beautiful butt. Overall this was an ok movie. It's not one of my favorite of Will Ferrell's work, but I wouldn't mind watching it again if I ever get the opportunity. But my question still remains: why is this movie so obscure? Why isn't it shown on tv a lot like Step Brothers or Elf? I think that since most of the dialogue is in Spanish and has to be read in subtitles, public television won't air it, kind of like how they won't air Pan's Labyrinth except on premium channels like Starz or IFC. Whatever the reason, it just furthers my opinion that tv companies are run by idiots. Adios!

La primera mitad me pareció pesada y aburrida. Quería parodiar los culebrones y al final parecía uno sin parodia apenas, solo con matices, aunque de repente hacia la mitad ya se vuelve una comedia mas clara y con situaciones desternillantes. Si tenéis el aguante suficiente, podréis hasta disfrutarla. Imagen y audio correctos para blu-ray.

Loved this film... but not everyone appreciated the humour. I don't often laugh out loud, but This film did it for me!

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"Casa de mi Padre" ist ein typischer Will Ferrell Film. Wer "Ricky Bobby" und "Stiefbrüder" mochte, wird auch diesen Film witzig finden. Typische Ferrell Gags sorgen für kurzweilige Unterhaltung. Aber Vorsicht! "Casa de mi Padre" ist komplett in spanischer Sprache und besitzt nur englische Untertitel! Wer also des englischen nicht mächtig ist: Finger weg! Für alle englisch oder spanisch sprechenden Fans: zugreifen!

この監督のセンス、気に入りました！気持ちは分かるけど、日本語のタイトルは・・・