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

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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Review

Featured review

8/10

It is a spoof, nothing serious

I am a fan of spoof movies like Mel Brooks, Naked Gun, Loaded Weapon, Airplane 1&2, Top Secret, Hot Shots 1&2, Mafia and Scary Movie 3&4 so I was not phased at all by this movie. Casa de mi padre is a spoof of soap operas, the ones in Latin America in particular, and westerns. The movie does ridiculous stuff such as obvious fake backgrounds, revealing the camera crew in reflections and obviously fake animals in the scenery.

Making Will Ferrell the lead works since he specializes in comedy and is not a native Spanish speaker which makes it funny. He spoke very well, and I understood everything so it was not annoying. He was fortunate to be surrounded by native speakers to coach him and have actors from Mexico that could teach him Mexican slang since Will Ferrell's character is from Mexico.

Gael García Bernal was a total scene stealer. I know him for only his serious roles in Amores Perros and The Motorcycle Diaries so it was odd seeing him be so funny.

Some of the silliness dragged on a bit, and I wanted to fast forward. The joke was delivered, I enjoyed it but please not stretch it out to a whole minute.

This is a spoof and in Spanish and has Will Ferrell. I enjoy all 3 so it was a lot of fun for myself, but I understand why it is limited release.