Yucatán

Aboard a cruise; a group of scammers are trying to make their living on the unsuspecting travelers. The movie is basically the competition between then to catch a big fish; a lottery winner with 161M travelling with his family.

The movie combines a very healthy and classy humor (only one scene indulges with bathroom humor); a lot of smart ideas and unexpected twist. A great homage 1960s picaresque comedies.

Production values are very high for a Spanish production. Perfectly staged action scenes and musical numbers.

Aside from the language; it technically as good as any Hollywood production but with a far better and smart script and without Hollywood cliches. Both male protagonists are criminals; and the movie does not try to moralize them In fact the just perfect final joke at end; defines the moral ground of the story.

None of the above is surprising considering Daniel Monzon curriculum. A director capable of doing excellent thrillers and also comedies.

The only small criticism to YUCATAN; is that some trimming could had benefit it. Cutting some overacting from Rodrigo de la Serna and perhaps shorter some unnecessary musical numbers or dramatic situations.

In brief; as comedies went in 2018; this is by far the best and classiest

Shenanigans on a sea cruise. Lucas and clayderman have always agreed to hustle and steal on different ships. But when they end up on the same ship, their plans clash. And crash into each other. Clayderman fears that lucas has come to steal his wife verónica. But apparently, they are both trying to scam one of the passengers who has recently won the lottery. It's pretty silly, but there are some twists and turns, some funny bits. From spain. I fear some of the humor was lost in translation. The sound has been dubbed into english, but occasionally, the subtitles don't quite match what the speakers are saying, in the dubbed version. It's fun, if you don't take it too seriously. Directed by daniel monzón.

There are good and bad things about Yucatán but overall it's an okay movie to watch once. The bad things to me would be the length of the movie, it's just a bit too long, the singing scenes, there are too many and too long, and the plausibility of the story, as that would never happen in real life. The good things are the actors, they're all good in what they do, and the story is entertaining and easy to follow, and it's also good for my Spanish. But it's not a movie that I will remember or that I will watch a second time in the future, but that doesn't mean it's bad, that just means there are a lot of better movies, that's all.

Let us first remember how absolutely wonderful cruising was. Little did they know, that the Sovereign would be sold for scrap in Turkey two years later. Anyway, there are some great musical numbers, and the camp antics of the con artists makes it very entertaining. A little over long, and the dubbed voice of the mark didn't help. Nice port scenes, the open bar in the guys suite was awesome, and the two sons in law were hilarious.

Although the question I really have: how did they get the bunnies to sit so still in that one scene? And I didn't spot a contunuity error either - I know strange, right? But maybe and very likely you don't care about that (sorry for the short outburst). You do care about the movie and how good it may be though. The comedy factor is ok, but overall this is quite predictable.

Even the ending, which makes you wonder why ... well there is an explanation why he would fall for it, although he spotted a different set up earlier, but is it enough? Also do you really care? Don't get me wrong the characters are overall quite likeable, but also quite forgettable. While this isn't bad and some of the jokes do work, it also isn't a top notch movie either ... it's decent