Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle
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Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle
(
Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo)
2017 |
Spain | Laughs: 0.1 (Don't Bother) |
imdb: 7.5
This movie wasn't on my radar until I heard an interview of the director, who said that theater owners had been telling him that this was the movie that had the most people laughing that year, so much so that the laughter was covering some of the lines. That did sound like a bit of self-indulgent promotion, but I thought heck, movies that make you laugh are my hobby, I have to give this a try.
I don't think I'm a comedy snob, but I'm starting to wonder if my standards might be a touch higher than those of the people who exploded with laughter during this movie — if they indeed exist. I realize that YouTube has made home movies ubiquitous, but sitting through 90 minutes of someone's video tapes is not my idea of fun.
The meat of the movie is the family having to vacate its castle to get out of a ten million dollar mortgage. An unusual story, to be sure, but maybe not enough to deserve this long treatment. One can have kilometers of films and videotape stored in boxes, but that doesn't necessarily add up to a story.
The director did an excellent job building a monument to his mother. I'm not sure that her being a legend within her own family necessarily makes her a character of general interest for comedy fans.
Overall, I feel that this movie was oversold, and that's probably my main complaint. Sure, it wasn't worth my time as a movie meant to make me laugh, but on the other hand I watch so many worse movies than this year-round that it really didn't matter.
(Last viewed: January 2019)
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