Duck Season

R

2004

1h 27m

Comedy

LGBTQ+

List

91%

Tomatometer

78 Reviews

78%

Audience Score

10,000+ Ratings

Initially, adolescents Flama (Daniel Miranda) and Moko (Diego Cataño) are enjoying what promises to be an uneventful Sunday at Flama's. Then the electricity goes out. Next, they meet Rita (Danny Perea), a pretty teenage girl who lives next door, and pizza deliveryman Ulises (Enrique Arreola) -- both on their own missions. After joining forces, the four learn some eye-opening lessons about love, loneliness and what grown-up life inevitably has in store for everyone.

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Critics Consensus

This modest cinematic slice-of-life manages to subtly capture many small but resonant and truthful moments of adolescence.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

A nuanced, authentic portrait of adolescent ennui and maturation that treats pre-teen emotions with a Jim Jarmusch-ian brand of detached sympathy and bemusement.

Rated: B+

Dec 27, 2006

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David Edelstein

New York Magazine/Vulture

The fullness of Duck Season is in direct proportion to its smallness; its modesty makes it bloom.

May 12, 2006

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Terry Lawson

Detroit Free Press

Effortlessly nonchalant in its observations of kids and the way the world looks to them.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 21, 2006

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Gisela Savdie

El Heraldo

Convincing performances, intelligent dialogues, and a particular sense of humor. [Full review in Spanish]

Oct 6, 2022

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Lawrence Ferber

The Advocate

There's a winning truth to this portrayal of emerging adolescent queemess -- as a confusing, awkward, yet compelling urge that's nonetheless easily set aside when a cool video game or fresh pizza is around.

May 27, 2022

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Eimbcke pieces together scenes with Rita and the young boys that are sweet, sensitive, a touch flirty, and sometimes innocently awkward.

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 6, 2020

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Mariana R

esta para verla comiendo brownies

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/08/23

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Mariana A

Reminded me of the solitude felt as a child when parents were away.... a solitude that was strange, mysterious, scary but also liberating... since often adults were just as distant from us [even if they were present] as life itself. The movie is quite slow so not everyone's cup of tea, it focuses more on the mundane and the little moments that might seem insignificant, but the mundane is truly what shapes our lives.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/22/22

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Audience Member

Two young teen boys stay home on a Sunday afternoon while one of their mother's is out. Their plan is to eat pizza, drink Coke and play Halo, but their plan is thwarted by a power outage. They're joined by a young woman who lives down the hall who needs to use their oven, and a pizza delivery guy who refuses to leave when they refuse to pay him. Lots of shit unfolds between the four as they spend the whole day in a small apartment together. This is an amazingly entertaining little film from Mexico

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Original y divertida.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

Unique, fun and intriguing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

We've all been there - a lazy, Sunday with no plans and limitless possibilities. What do you do? Two 14-year-old boys take us on their apartment-centered adventure, populated by an overqualified pizza delivery man and a baking-challenged 16-year-old neighbor. It's funny, astute, captivating, revealing and almost perfect. A great debut from the director, Fernando Eimbcke.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Fernando Eimbcke

Director

Enrique Arreola

Ulises

Diego Cataño

Moko

Daniel Miranda

Flama

Danny Perea

Rita

Carolina Politi

Flama's Mother

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Synopsis

Initially, adolescents Flama (Daniel Miranda) and Moko (Diego Cataño) are enjoying what promises to be an uneventful Sunday at Flama's. Then the electricity goes out. Next, they meet Rita (Danny Perea), a pretty teenage girl who lives next door, and pizza deliveryman Ulises (Enrique Arreola) -- both on their own missions. After joining forces, the four learn some eye-opening lessons about love, loneliness and what grown-up life inevitably has in store for everyone.

Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Producer: Christian Valdelievre
Screenwriter: Fernando Eimbcke, Paula Marcovich
Rating: R (Some Drug Content|Language)
Genre: Comedy, LGBTQ+
Original Language: Spanish
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Mar 10, 2006
Release Date (Streaming): May 7, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $146.7K
Runtime: 1h 27m

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