Cantinflas

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Cantinflas

PG

Released Aug 29, 2014

1h 43m

Drama

Biography

Comedy

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From humble beginnings, Cantinflas (Óscar Jaenada) travels from the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood and becomes Mexico's beloved comedy-film star.

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Critics Consensus

Cantinflas focuses on the idol instead of the man and in spite of Óscar Janeada's padrísimo performance, this biopic feels like the GIF of what could've been a contender.

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Louis Black

Austin Chronicle

To the uninitiated, such as myself, apart from the familiar landmarks of a career's trajectory, a lot of what is going on is too lightly sketched.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 4, 2014

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Simon Abrams

Village Voice

Cantinflas wears viewers down with earnest hero worship.

Sep 4, 2014

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Aaron Aradillas

RogerEbert.com

A big disappointment, a disjointed mess that tries to create a point-counterpoint narrative with these two savvy showmen, which inevitably tips the scales in favoring one of them.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 3, 2014

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Alejandro Turdó

EscribiendoCine

The film seeks to celebrate Cantinflas' career by emphasizing his humorous and acting skills, his innate ability for improvisation and his dedication to his work. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 8/10

Jun 7, 2022

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Javier Ocaña

El Pais (Spain)

A rancid narrative, with a simple sketch of the figure of a great popular film comedian. [Full review in Spanish]

Apr 20, 2016

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Mikel Zorrilla

Espinof

This is a movie that's OK, but could've been great. [Full review in Spanish]

Apr 14, 2016

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La película retrata de buena forma parte de la vida de Cantinflas, no soy un experto en cine, pero soy mexicano, y según mi nunca humilde opinion, la pelicula es buena aunque carece de sentido en ciertas partes, es una película que cumple la función de entretener, aunque como todo en ciertas partes el ritmo de la película cae, o que por ejemplo la primera mitad de la película llega a ser un tanto tediosa y se podría decir que es hasta un poco lenta, y en ciertas partes antes de que Mike Todd se encuentre con Cantinflas llega de alguna forma a dividirse el protagonismo entre los dos lo cual es un poco absurdo considerando que el protagonista tendría que ser Cantinflas. Fuera de eso la actuación de Óscar Jaenada es verdaderamente impresionante, a pesar de ser español si llega a creerse que es mexicano, algo que yo creí la primera vez que la vi, hasta que descubrí que era 100% español. En conclusión, es una película que si bien es buena, pudo haber sido mucho mejor, sin embargo cumple su función de entretener al público y de hacerte sentir en la época del cine de oro mexicano.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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beto g

The film suffers from trying to bring the audience familiar elements, while keeping aside the in-depth Cantinflas legend.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

is a very bad movie, bad actor, movie s@cs

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

poderia ter sido muito mais que um mero relato, mas ainda assim: <3 cantinflas

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

A bit predictable, but fun to watch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

Wow!Hasta las movies de Cantinflas son mejores q.las de twilight. :-)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Sebastian del Amo

Director

Óscar Jaenada

Cantinflas

Michael Imperioli

Mike Todd

Ilse Salas

Valentina Ivanova

Luis Gerardo Méndez

Estanislao Shilinsky

Gabriela de la Garza

Olga Ivanova

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Synopsis

From humble beginnings, Cantinflas (Óscar Jaenada) travels from the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood and becomes Mexico's beloved comedy-film star.

Director: Sebastian del Amo
Producer: Adolfo Franco, Vidal Cantú
Screenwriter: Edui Tijerina
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Kenio Films
Rating: PG (Thematic Elements|Language|Some Suggestive Material|Smoking)
Genre: Drama, Biography, Comedy
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 29, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 3, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.4M
Runtime: 1h 43m

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