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5.6/10
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After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 14 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLupita mentions she's from San Pedro de los Saguaros, the same town in which "Herod's Law (1999)" is set.
- ConnectionsReferences Los tres huastecos (1948)
- SoundtracksLas golondrinas
Performed by Brayan Martínez, Francisco Sánchez, Héctor Covarrubias, Iván Blanco, Martín de Jesús Saucedo, Juan Pablo Aguilera, Lorenzo Saucedo, Cristino Romo and Mauricio Hernández
Courtesy of Bandidos Films
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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.
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.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $161,222
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $79,718
- Mar 26, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $4,218,942
- Runtime3 hours 11 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.0 : 1
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