User Reviews

The first time I watched part of this movie, it was at work when I walked into the last 10 minutes of this movie. I thought it was really funny and the interaction between the characters was cute. I thought I'd go ahead and watch the full movie. It wasn't what I expected, or rather, how did one go from complete machista to what happened the last 10 minutes of the movie?

Basically we have 3 best friends, and friend B comes out. Friend C is very supportive and even introduces him to an interested party. Friend A, on the other hand, is vehemently against this and tries everything he can to "cure" friend B, going so far as to send him a prostitute, lesbian porn, and buy a horse for some therapy he saw on the internet. Then one day he goes to see his therapist and tells him about his situation with the friend. The therapist tells him he'll be going through phases as he comes to accept his friend is gay

Honestly, none of the acting really stuck out to me, possibly because it was the over exaggerated type. I especially detested Aislinn Derbez's character. She was just really abusive towards the main character (Santiago), which I can't excuse regardless of circumstances. Likewise, Raul was really disrespectful towards his friend and wife, and at the end of the movie you would think he'd learn something about accepting someone's sexuality but when his child shows "signs" of possibly being gay (playing with a doll), he's trying to change things. Like OK man, how did that go for you last time? In terms of Santiago's relationship, I thought it was really cute, up until the moment his partner reveals he has sex with other men and that "it's OK". I feel like his polyamorous nature should have been discussed beforehand because then it can be taken as being gay = multiple partners is OK

So why did I rate this a 5/10? Because this is an average movie. It has a lot of flaws but it's also showing one POV. Mexican culture is very male oriented and this showed us a story of someone who is still stuck in the past, who still believes that men can do whatever they like towards women and that relationships should only be between a man and a woman. But the movie also constantly mentions that we are now in 2017 and there are new ideas in the world and that people are more accepting (like friend C and friend A's wife). I did think it was very funny but it is rather crude and if you're the type to be overly critical (or just really against) the topics I mentioned above, well, this movie isn't for you

I wasn't particularly excited about this movie, as I'm gay and the trailers just made the film look like a big giant mess. I felt like it would be a big homophobic movie, because let's face it, Mexico is a homophobic county and making fun of gays would be a success. I still decided to give it a chance, but I'm not really shocked at how bad it was. The problem with the movie is that by the first 5 minutes, you're really annoyed at how the characters curse IN EVERY SENTENCE they say. Sure, that's how most Mexican comedies are, but after that opening scene, you're pretty sure of how the rest is going to be. Another problem with the movie is the pace... it feels like everything happens so slowly, as for more than half of the movie you have the main character Raul making homophobic jokes that might be funny the first two times you hear them, but after that, the same jokes are made and you barely laugh. You also have Miss Aislinn Derbez, who did a good job on A La Mala but on this one she delivers a cringy performance. She ends up screaming and basically is annoying the audience on every scene she's in, I believe this is because of the poor writing and direction. The only character with depth is the gay character, played by Alfonso Dosal, who delivers a believable performance, but you are not able to care about him, as his character gets very little screen time.

You can tell that the script for this movie was poorly written, as the scenes basically repeat themselves four or five times with similar lines or jokes. It feels like nothing happens until the last 20 minutes, when after Raul's wife finds out he has been cheating on her, he finally opens his eyes, but it's too late to care about him, because you could care less about him at the end of the movie. I believe that the film could had been much better with faster pacing, different jokes and more depth for all the characters because the potential was there but it was so poorly executed. I still applaud that the movie gives a message of tolerance and acceptance, but it ends up being clouded for how bad the rest of the movie was.

This movie is basically about 3 friends that has have a "men's life" and one of them (santiago) confesses that he is gay and raul thinks that he is confused, so he do everything possible to make him "normal". The movie its full of bad and nonsense jokes.