Run-of-the-mill Fernando Esteso movie with habitual ingredients as irony , silly jokes , disconcerting messes , nude girls , entertainment and amusement . It is a nutty Spanish comedy that offers no intellectual stimulus whatsoever , though it has some fun and hilarious moments . It deals with friendly reverend Don Justo (Fernando Esteso) giving masses , confessing and adequately exercising his priesthood . One day , he meets a left baby at the door of house , of course , all the citizens think that the baby belongs to Don Justo . Then he plans a twisted caper so that the baby returns to the hands of the real parents (Manuel Zarzo, África Pratt) who have abandoned him . But things go wrong and get even more complicated when it appears there the bishop Ludovico (Antonio Ozores) and the Cardenal Estéve Antonio (Alfonso del Real) .
Bemusing and funny film with hilarious scenes , diverting situations , fun , mayhem , and amusement . Despite seeming quite grotesque, this film perfectly reflects the mood and the reality of Spain in the subsequent decade immediate Post-Franco era. Although cringes at times , the humour still holds up . A flick with its ups and downs , but not being a bad movie , if you take it for what it is . You will find some great and attractive jokes along the yarn , being really an incredible mix of humor, "caspa" and a little bit of drama ; delivering entertainment and diversion enough. Made in the wake of the previous Pajares-Esteso movies, as they played big hit pictures , however, here Esteso provides an only recital without his colleague, as Fernando performed his own vehicles in some films ,such as El Erotico enmascarado, El Soplagaitas , El hijo del cura, Pepito Piscinas, El Primer Divorcio, Queremos un hijo tuyo, 4 Mujeres y un lio. There are some nice jokes in the film and the cast , playing eccentric characters , make a cosy fit and having big fun . Along with Esteso appearing a lot of familiar faces , such as : Angel Ter , Luis Lorenzo, Manuel Zarzo , Adriana Ozores , Luisa Armenteros , Francisco Camoiras , Rafael Hernández , Africa Pratt , Emilio Fornet , Antonio Gamero, Florinda Chico and Juanito Navarro . The film attempts to give laughs and it works here and there , resulting in an amusing though middling motion picture . My feelings are extremely mixed but I must admit there are some brief and enjoyable laughters , being an uneven comedy , but better than other Esteso vehicles . Rating : 5.5/10. Passable and acceptable.
Fernando Esteso formed with his partner Andrés Pajares are two cool Spanish actors , usually playing a duo of unfortunate , roguish , swindlers as well as bungling people . They usually made couple in a lot of films and achieved much success in the 80s that partially reflected the mood and the reality of Spain in the immediate Post-Franco era , dealing with politic juncture about the post-Franquismo in similar style to other films from this period . The movies they played were very funny and with many support actors . The pictures were in short budget and lackluster but including light comedy and lots of fun . They usually played a duo of shameless friends executing petty thefts, capers and tricks in similar style to classical films of Commedia all'Italiana of the fifties . Those films contained many nude girls , laughs and slapstick , being mostly written/directed by Mariano Ozores , a craftsman filmmaker and writer who recently won a Goya Award (2016) to his long and fruitful career . The latter made with these two famous comdedians , -Fernando and Andres Pajares- several films , as they had various years partnership, developing a successful artistic team between the two leads , such as ¨Agitese Antes Usarla¨ , ¨Al Este Del Oeste¨, ¨Los Liantes¨, ¨Los Energeticos¨, ¨La Lola Lleva Al Huerto¨ , ¨El Currante¨, El Hijo Del Cura¨ and especially ¨Los Bingueros¨ was one of their greatest hits . These films were charming as well as embarrassing comedies that contained crazy events , nudism , amusement , laughters and absurd situations . But also their certain importance talking about the Spanish society at the time . Their humor was sometimes cheesy and gross-out with numerous naughty and picaresque situations such as sex jokes , adulteries , jealousy , and a number of erotic scenes, but resulted to be really amusing.
