Procura-se um Pai

By hiring second rate translators and third rate voice actors. I can see how this could have been a passable movie in it's original language, especially for it's target audience (guessing middle-school age, since that's the two main characters). But when you translate it badly (some of the phrasing is so awful it's funnier than the plot!), then get even worse actors to do the voice over (one or two were actually good, but not enough to overcome the rest), it takes all possibility of enjoyment from the movie.

I was satisfied with this movie. i was just scrolling around on netflix, trying to find something to watch, and came upon this film. it was a good movie and was not disappointed.

But i think this was a bit too serious to raise the comedy red flag warning. its a mexican netflix founded film about a bmx'ed girl, that isnt allowed to ride the bike by her mum, cause her dad got killed when biking after a quarell. so when a prize winning biking contest come to the girls knowledge, shes turning hot and turns the world upside down to attend, but she cant get her mums written agreement for the race, so she and a friend hunts the mexican ground in search for a father-figure that can sign on the admission ticket...easy piecy story and plot, but the mexicans really makes a fuzz outof nothing and this films is the result.

production is a flashing try to make a familyfriendly disney take on the issue. in fact they do hit the target but just a bit. its meant to be comedy, and i shall admit that my grumpy old mouth wrenched into a smile here and there, but the spirits a merely too sad allthrough this flick so therefore not a comedy in my mind. its also cathegorized as family, well its is indeed, but with a very serious case of sad vibes, of loss of loved ones, lack of love from the close ones,and a child loneliness in a workoholic sosiety and a work to fade away the sad feelings of loss-mum that is very absent to her daughter.the plotintermissions are neatly done, but the parts where a film is made within a film might be to stressfull for the young familymembers to cope with.

its a very music driven film, good a varied music its also, so the score line up are cleverly chosen and done. its like clutching the straw to save the world from the armageddonish feeling, its decently done.

actors... well its the finest looking and most fashionable choice of mexican casting that dominates the movie. the children in the film are good stuff, the adult acts re more shaky and not so convincing. the dialouges though rattles like a machinegun clip at automatic setting, how they can manage to say so many sounds in a short time icant imagine. i may be excused,cause the cold climate of norway you do have to shut your mouth to keep warm...

well do not shade away from this movie, the charming elements are to heavy for that,and the lonely childs scream for attention to valuable to forget, so its a recommend from the ever and ever grumpy old man.

It has an unoriginal and predictable plot, but it can distract you for a while.

First of all: some reviewers say that this movie is badly translated. We watched it the original language and loved it, but the English subtitles were broken and didn't follow the the scene very well at times, so I can see why viewers outside of Spanish language would feel lost in translation. (Yes, pun intended).

Second of all: if you go into this film expecting it to reflect American or European acting styles and modern political views, you will also be disappointed. If you're expecting depth and complexity from this film, you will be massively disappointed. It is simple, top-level, and innocent; but it also sweet, enjoyable, and refreshing.

The actress that plays the "transformed" character is Silvia Navarro. She is so talented, I love any movie or series with her in it, and she carries the plot of her character well: the widowed mother of a rebellious and obstinate preteen. The man in the movie is Juan Pablo Medina. I honestly appreciated what he brought to this role: a grieving father and self-renounced actor with a broke bank and broken heart. A third adult actress is Aleyda Gallardo. If you're not familiar with Mexican culture, Mari portrays the domestic worker of the home, a common role found in any Mexican film that reflects the wealth of the family. And in this movie, mom is rich and Mari works for her.

But this movie isn't about the adults. This is about a preteen who hates her mother because she blames her for her dad's death, and is trying desperately to cling to the one thing that ties her to her dad's memory: BMX. The entire movie is from the viewpoint of this preteen, and her over-exxagerated and desperate attempts to manipulate the adults in her life to get what she wants.

My only let-down was the "climax", which really wasn't that great. The BMX "race" was so staged that it felt unreal. I would have appreciated more focus on that. I think this massive let-down is a pain-point for the audience, especially since the adults don't get together and no massive reconciliation happens between any of the characters. A great build-up leads to a mediocre ending, and that's going to disappoint a lot of viewers. However, if you can appreciate the movie for its acting, and not for the poor direction, you may find some new actors to follow in some of their other works, because I assure you, these actors were much better than the storyline they followed.