Casa de mi Padre

Original title: Casa de mi padre

2012
R
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

22K

YOUR RATING

Will Ferrell and Genesis Rodriguez in Casa de mi Padre (2012)

Scheming on a way to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.

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Scheming to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.Scheming to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.Scheming to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.

Director
- Matt Piedmont
Writers
- Harper Steele
- Eva Maria Peters
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

22K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Matt Piedmont
Writers
- Harper Steele
- Eva Maria Peters
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 7 nominations

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Trivia
Will Ferrell spent a month learning and speaking Spanish with a dialect coach for his role.

Goofs
(At around 6 mins) When Will Ferrell is hiding behind the rock, the background is a two-part screen and was not lined up straight. However this movie has a lot of deliberate mistakes. A very obvious painted background, not lined up straight, is just one of them.

Quotes
Cameraman: Hello all, I apologize profusely for what you are watching right now. This was actually the most amazing sequence shot over three days with live coyotes, two Bengals tigers and a lion, but for legal reasons we can't release the footage. Did I know that coyotes can't be trained? No. Did I do background checks on the animal handlers? No. Did the tigers get into the cocaine? Yes. Was it a good idea to have coke and other drugs lying around the set? Probably not. Did some crew members get eaten? You bet, but that's the movie biz, right?
Cameraman: Look, I'm a good guy. I usually try my best, but I took my eye off the ball on this one. No one is arguing that, but for once, give a guy a break. In fact, do me a favor, don't tell your friends about the poor quality of this sequence. Our secret, okay? Enjoy the rest of the movie. Sincerely, Emilio Sanchez. 2nd Camera Assistant. The director made me write this note

Crazy credits
At the end of the credits, there's a short commercial featuring Dan Haggerty, promoting Haggerty cigarettes.

Alternate versions
According to Amazon/IMDB, this film is available in three versions. IMDB lists two versions, with runtimes of "1h 25m (85 min)" and "1h 24m (84 min) (United States)". The Amazon website adds the third one, with a runtime of "1 h 23 min".

Connections
Featured in Maltin on Movies: The Watch (2012)

Soundtracks
Yo No Se
Written by Harper Steele

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Featured review

6/10

A Smart, Quirky Spanish Comedy

Scheming on a way to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.

First of all, proper credit must be given to Will Ferrell. Love him, hate him or somewhere in between, he gave this role his all. Despite knowing it would not be his biggest hit, he plunged in and actually learned to speak Spanish for the part (or at least enough to fake it).

There is plenty of good humor here, from the white mountain lion to the DEA agent played by Nick Offerman (who is awesome just by being on screen), and we must not forget the butt-centric romance scene. Not sure what was up with that, but well played.

And not only is this a good comedy, it is a good story, too. Maybe it is stereotypical to have a story about Mexican drug dealers and American drug agents... maybe that gives the wrong impression of Mexico. But it makes for an interesting conflict.