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Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch encounters financial difficulties, Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna), shows up with his new fiancé, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez). It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over as he pledges to settle all debts his father has incurred. But when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul's business dealings turn out to be less than legit, all hell breaks loose as they find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord, the mighty Onza (Gael Garcia Bernal). Written by
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Funniest movie you'll ever read.
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Release Date:
11 May 2012 (Mexico)
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Also Known As:
House of My Father
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Box Office
Budget:
$6,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend:
$2,287,239
(USA)
(16 March 2012)
Gross:
$5,895,238
(USA)
(11 May 2012)
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Trivia
Will Ferrell spent a month learning and speaking Spanish with a dialect coach for his role.
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Goofs
Near the end of the movie when Onza is shot and falls dead to the floor below, his body is briefly seen, but when it cuts back his body is no where to be found.
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Quotes
Sheila:
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thumbs up at Alvarez dinner party]
Mexico is the best-i-co.
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Crazy Credits
At the end of the credits, there's a short commercial featuring Dan Haggerty, promoting Haggerty cigarettes.
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Soundtracks
Casa de mi Padre
Written by
Andrew Steele and
Patrick C. Pérez
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Nice parody of Westerns and Spanish telenovelas. Of course seeing a "gringo" play the lead in this comedy role with a largely Mexican cast was going to be fun, but Ferrell was absolutely perfect and the only guy that could have pulled it off very well.
With his poor broken Spanish and intentional bad acting guaranteed a laugh a minute. Just looking as his black perm and acting Mexican pretty much sold the movie. However, the barrage of over the top and bizarre sequences pretty much elevated the movie even more (and there are too many too list).
Probably my favorite involved the ones involving the "White cat" (pure gold).
The supporting cast is made of acclaimed Mexicans actors like Diego Luna, and the late Pedro Armendáriz Jr., and young up and coming actress Genesis Rodriguez who all gave great comedic performances.
You can tell they really had fun with this one.
Recommended.