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Cantinflas focuses on the idol instead of the man and in spite of Óscar Janeada's padrísimo performance, this biopic feels like the GIF of what could've been a contender.

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Louis Black Austin Chronicle To the uninitiated, such as myself, apart from the familiar landmarks of a career's trajectory, a lot of what is going on is too lightly sketched. Rated: 2/5 Sep 4, 2014 Full Review Simon Abrams Village Voice Cantinflas wears viewers down with earnest hero worship. Sep 4, 2014 Full Review Aaron Aradillas RogerEbert.com A big disappointment, a disjointed mess that tries to create a point-counterpoint narrative with these two savvy showmen, which inevitably tips the scales in favoring one of them. Rated: 2/4 Sep 3, 2014 Full Review Alejandro Turdó EscribiendoCine The film seeks to celebrate Cantinflas' career by emphasizing his humorous and acting skills, his innate ability for improvisation and his dedication to his work. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 8/10 Jun 7, 2022 Full Review Javier Ocaña El Pais (Spain) A rancid narrative, with a simple sketch of the figure of a great popular film comedian. [Full review in Spanish] Apr 20, 2016 Full Review Mikel Zorrilla Espinof This is a movie that's OK, but could've been great. [Full review in Spanish] Apr 14, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Member La película retrata de buena forma parte de la vida de Cantinflas, no soy un experto en cine, pero soy mexicano, y según mi nunca humilde opinion, la pelicula es buena aunque carece de sentido en ciertas partes, es una película que cumple la función de entretener, aunque como todo en ciertas partes el ritmo de la película cae, o que por ejemplo la primera mitad de la película llega a ser un tanto tediosa y se podría decir que es hasta un poco lenta, y en ciertas partes antes de que Mike Todd se encuentre con Cantinflas llega de alguna forma a dividirse el protagonismo entre los dos lo cual es un poco absurdo considerando que el protagonista tendría que ser Cantinflas. Fuera de eso la actuación de Óscar Jaenada es verdaderamente impresionante, a pesar de ser español si llega a creerse que es mexicano, algo que yo creí la primera vez que la vi, hasta que descubrí que era 100% español. En conclusión, es una película que si bien es buena, pudo haber sido mucho mejor, sin embargo cumple su función de entretener al público y de hacerte sentir en la época del cine de oro mexicano. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member is a very bad movie, bad actor, movie s@cs Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member poderia ter sido muito mais que um mero relato, mas ainda assim: <3 cantinflas Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member A bit predictable, but fun to watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Wow!Hasta las movies de Cantinflas son mejores q.las de twilight. :-) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member good bio=pic about Mexico's most beloved comedian. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis From humble beginnings, Cantinflas (Óscar Jaenada) travels from the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood and becomes Mexico's beloved comedy-film star.

Director

Sebastian del Amo

Producer

Adolfo Franco, Vidal Cantú

Screenwriter

Edui Tijerina

Distributor

Lionsgate Films

Production Co

Kenio Films

Rating

PG (Thematic Elements|Language|Some Suggestive Material|Smoking)

Genre

Drama, Biography, Comedy

Original Language

Spanish

Release Date (Theaters)

Aug 29, 2014, Limited

Release Date (Streaming)

Jun 3, 2015

Box Office (Gross USA)

$6.4M

Runtime

1h 43m