DVD
REVIEW: RUDO Y CURSI
08/23/09
OVERVIEW: Childhood friends Diego Luna (Milk, Frida) and Gael García Bernal (Babel, The Motorcycle Diaries) reunite on screen for the first time since Y Tu Mamá
También in Rudo Y Cursi, debuting on Blu-rayTM and DVD August 25 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. In this fun-filled, comedic drama, rival brothers, Beto and Tato, leave their banana plantation behind for the big city and their dream of playing professional soccer in Mexico. But the high life of fame, fortune and women begin to jeopardize their new found success and the brothers must put away their rivalry or risk losing everything. Special features include deleted scenes, director and actor commentaries and a “making of” featurette.
SYNOPSIS: Score!
From the creators and stars of the international sensation Y Tu
Mamá También, comes a raucous comedic drama following two
brothers' rivalry. When a talent scout gets stranded in their
tiny town, brothers Beto (Diego Luna; Milk, The Terminal) and
Tato (Gael García Bernal; Bad Education, Babel) are discovered
and whisked away to Mexico City to play for the big leagues
where they quickly achieve fame. Beto is nicknamed
"Rudo" for his hotheaded goalkeeper style and Tato is
called "Cursi" for his peculiar scoring technique. But
success leads to excess as Rudo descends into gambling debt and
drug abuse and Cursi is distracted by beautiful women and a
second career as a pop singer. Having come so far, will the
siblings remember their original goal: building a home for their
mother?
REVIEW: From the
creators of the film "Y Tu Mama Tambien" comes "Rudo y Cursi" a
wacky comedy that is set to bring laughs as the most famous game
in the world is played. This is a comical social satire to the
recruitment of soccer players and the factors that come to be
part it; skill, technique without leaving behind the issue of
poverty, and ignorance.
Director and Writer Carlos Cuaron has set the stage for this
film in rural Mexico, where "machos" have dreams, vicious
hobbies, and a passion for soccer. When soccer recruiter shows
up in this little town brothers Beto (Diego Luna ) and Tato
(Gael Garcia Bernal) rivalry to become a famous soccer player in
the big leagues. While they each come across some comical
hillbilly meets the city type of mishaps they learn that fame
and money cannot buy them happiness.
The film is in Spanish with English and French subtitles. Some
parts were narrated by the soccer recruiter which adds a bit of
intrigue to the story. Expect obscene language and vulgarity.
The
DVD is presented in widescreen with a 1.85:1 aspect ration
preserving the theatrical presentation of the film. The picture
is complemented with a 5.1 Dolby Digital audio tracks in
English , Spanish and Francais with English,
Spanish and Francais substitles. In terms of special
features the DVD includes a good "Making of" featurette, deleted
scenes and a feature commentary with Director Carlos Cuaron and
Actor Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego una.
VIDEO:
Widescreen (1.85:1) [16:9 Transfer]
AUDIO:
English
Francais 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles - English Spanish Francais
SPECIAL
FEATURES:
Deleted Scenes
Commentary with Director Carlos Cuarón and Actors Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna
“Making of” Featurette
“I Want You to Want Me” music video and karaoke version
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