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Cantinflas

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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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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 09/04/2014
2/5
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. Go to Full Review Simon Abrams Village Voice 09/04/2014
Cantinflas wears viewers down with earnest hero worship. Go to Full Review Aaron Aradillas RogerEbert.com 09/03/2014
2/4
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. Go to Full Review Javier Ocaña El Pais (Spain) 04/20/2016
A rancid narrative, with a simple sketch of the figure of a great popular film comedian. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Mikel Zorrilla Espinof 04/14/2016
This is a movie that's OK, but could've been great. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Paula Arantzazu Ruiz Sensacine 04/05/2016
2.5/5
Cantinflas would not stand out at all withtin the biopic genre if not for scar Jaenada's acting. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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11/13/2020 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. See more 08/01/2018 is a very bad movie, bad actor, movie s@cs See more 02/28/2017 poderia ter sido muito mais que um mero relato, mas ainda assim: <3 cantinflas See more 10/22/2016 A bit predictable, but fun to watch. See more 06/28/2016 Wow!Hasta las movies de Cantinflas son mejores q.las de twilight. :-) See more 12/29/2015 good bio=pic about Mexico's most beloved comedian. See more Read all reviews
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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 (Some Suggestive Material|Smoking|Language|Thematic Elements)
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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