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      House of My Father

      R Released Mar 23, 2012 1 hr. 24 min. Comedy List
      42% 114 Reviews Tomatometer 35% 50,000+ Ratings Audience Score Armando's (Will Ferrell) younger brother, Raul (Diego Luna), returns to the family ranch with his beautiful fiancee, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez), and promises to fix its financial problems. Trouble soon follows when Armando falls in love with Sonia, and they discover Raul's business dealings are less than legitimate. All hell breaks loose when the most feared drug lord in Mexico, Onza (Gael García Bernal), declares war on Raul and the rest of the family. Read More Read Less
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      Thinly written and not as funny as it needs to be, Casa de mi Padre would have worked better as a fake trailer or short film; stretched to feature length, it wears out its welcome far too quickly.

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      Deron B If you don't take this movie seriously it can be enjoyed. Watching stoned would probably make it better 🤣 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Silly and a bit pointless, but nice cast. Nice to see Will do a whole movie in Spanish Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm a fan of W. Ferrell and I can appreciate him speaking Spanish. On the other hand this movie was a giant pile of 💩 Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Curiosity led to its unique merit of production performative authenticity when putting a comedic spin on telenovelas dramatized with a nice cast being the best charming quality while letdown by twofold frivolous focus and mostly targeted to the invited frequent viewers of the televised genre. (B-) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Will Ferrell did an excellent job in this film. It was entertaining from start to finish. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member More like an extended comedy short film. Just way more extended to be a feature film. Not a full-bodied comedy. Sadly. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      (L-R) Will Ferrell as Armando Alvarez, Efren Ramirez as Esteban and Adrian Martinez as Manuel in "Casa de mi Padre." (L-R) Will Ferrell as Armando Alvarez and Diego Luna as Raul in "Casa de mi Padre." Gael García Bernal as Onza in "Casa de mi Padre." Will Ferrell as Armando Alvarez in "Casa de mi Padre." Diego Luna as Raul Alvarez in "Casa de mi Padre." (L-R) Efren Ramirez as Esteban, Adrian Martinez as Manuel and Will Ferrell as Armando in "Casa de mi Padre." Diego Luna as Raul Alvarez in "Casa de mi Padre." Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as Miguel Ernesto Alvarez in "Casa de mi Padre." (L-R) Adrian Martinez as Manuel, Efren Ramirez as Esteban and Will Ferrell as Armando Alvarez in "Casa de mi Padre." (L-R) Nick Offerman as Agent Parker and Will Ferrell as Armando Alvarez and Diego Luna as Raul in "Casa de mi Padre." View more photos

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      Tara Brady Irish Times In this bat-crazy Mexican telenovela, replete with flimsy scenery and fake horses, Ferrell's stilted Spanish delivery chimes perfectly with the stilted, soapy dialogue. Rated: 3/5 Jun 11, 2012 Full Review Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) No es cmico, Seor Ferrell. Rated: 1/5 Jun 8, 2012 Full Review Phelim O'Neill Guardian It's all a little undercooked, playing more like an extended version of a very funny trailer than an actual, full-bodied comedy. Rated: 3/5 Jun 7, 2012 Full Review Cory Woodroof For the Win (USA Today) The film itself is just such a painstaking recreation (and hilarious overexaggerating) of what it’s spoofing that it becomes a fitting continuation of the format it’s sending up. Aug 21, 2023 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Yet another potentially funny but underachieving comedy starring Will Ferrell. Rated: 2.5/5 Aug 19, 2022 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins It takes a funny, fresh little skit and tries to stretch it out to a feature length movie. Rated: 5/10 Dec 1, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Armando's (Will Ferrell) younger brother, Raul (Diego Luna), returns to the family ranch with his beautiful fiancee, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez), and promises to fix its financial problems. Trouble soon follows when Armando falls in love with Sonia, and they discover Raul's business dealings are less than legitimate. All hell breaks loose when the most feared drug lord in Mexico, Onza (Gael García Bernal), declares war on Raul and the rest of the family.
      Director
      Matt Piedmont
      Executive Producer
      Kevin J. Messick, D. Scott Lumpkin, Jessica Elbaum, Billy Rovzar, Fernando Rovzar
      Screenwriter
      Harper Steele
      Distributor
      Lionsgate Films, Pantelion Films
      Production Co
      Nala Films, Gary Sanchez Productions
      Rating
      R (Drug Use|Bloody Violence|Language|Some Sexual Content)
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      Spanish
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 23, 2012, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 15, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $5.9M