I wasn't particularly excited about this movie, as I'm gay and the trailers just made the film look like a big giant mess. I felt like it would be a big homophobic movie, because let's face it, Mexico is a homophobic county and making fun of gays would be a success. I still decided to give it a chance, but I'm not really shocked at how bad it was. The problem with the movie is that by the first 5 minutes, you're really annoyed at how the characters curse IN EVERY SENTENCE they say. Sure, that's how most Mexican comedies are, but after that opening scene, you're pretty sure of how the rest is going to be. Another problem with the movie is the pace... it feels like everything happens so slowly, as for more than half of the movie you have the main character Raul making homophobic jokes that might be funny the first two times you hear them, but after that, the same jokes are made and you barely laugh. You also have Miss Aislinn Derbez, who did a good job on A La Mala but on this one she delivers a cringy performance. She ends up screaming and basically is annoying the audience on every scene she's in, I believe this is because of the poor writing and direction. The only character with depth is the gay character, played by Alfonso Dosal, who delivers a believable performance, but you are not able to care about him, as his character gets very little screen time.
You can tell that the script for this movie was poorly written, as the scenes basically repeat themselves four or five times with similar lines or jokes. It feels like nothing happens until the last 20 minutes, when after Raul's wife finds out he has been cheating on her, he finally opens his eyes, but it's too late to care about him, because you could care less about him at the end of the movie. I believe that the film could had been much better with faster pacing, different jokes and more depth for all the characters because the potential was there but it was so poorly executed. I still applaud that the movie gives a message of tolerance and acceptance, but it ends up being clouded for how bad the rest of the movie was.
You can tell that the script for this movie was poorly written, as the scenes basically repeat themselves four or five times with similar lines or jokes. It feels like nothing happens until the last 20 minutes, when after Raul's wife finds out he has been cheating on her, he finally opens his eyes, but it's too late to care about him, because you could care less about him at the end of the movie. I believe that the film could had been much better with faster pacing, different jokes and more depth for all the characters because the potential was there but it was so poorly executed. I still applaud that the movie gives a message of tolerance and acceptance, but it ends up being clouded for how bad the rest of the movie was.