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(1 - 21) of 21 OFCS Rating: 62% Fresh Page   1   3.5/5 "Bernal and Luna bring the same casual and endearing spontaneity they showed in Y Tu Mama Tambien to the fore again here."   Eye for Film   Amber Wilkinson 1/4 "Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna reunite in Rudo y Cursi to denigrate rubes from Jalisco as slow-witted provincial brothers and banana plantation workers whose unlikely rise to soccer stardom supplies the purported comedy."   Slant Magazine   Bill Weber "Garcia and Luna share outstanding chemistry together, and provide Rudo y Cursi with a definite edge and generous spirit of bewilderment that keeps the picture engaging."   Dark Horizons   Brian Orndorf B- "Granted, all this uncut Mexican energy will perhaps take a night in a sensory deprivation chamber to properly expunge from the system, but it's a wild ride of thespian effort that keeps the material amicable."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 3/5 "Plagued with American sports-film clichés"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin "Only a few minutes into Rudo y Cursi, the brothers are discovered playing grand and gloriously boyish fútbol."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs "Subtitles, pervasive obscenity, macho mother insults and some nudity/sex probably will not draw in the viewers who made a family hit of Bend It Like Beckham."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit B+ "Anyone who has spent any time watching movies about competitive brothers playing the same sport for different teams knows where all this is going to lead"   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens "All you can see are a pair of aging jocks laboring for condescending yuks"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce B "There's no depth to Rudo y Cursi, but Bernal and Luna make the surface formula more fun than you might expect."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 1/5 "A banal examination of the rivalry of two brothers who play soccer and jeopardize their game through greed and selfishness and the quest for fame."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/5 "A makeshift-family affair: the Spanish-language version of the Apatow Dumpling Gang's excuse-for-a-vacation Forgetting Sarah Marshall, or the Soderberghers' excuse-to-hang-out Ocean's series."   The L Magazine   Henry Stewart 7/10 "A fun yet enlightening film that's part Mexican and all human."   DVDTown.com   James Plath 3/5 ""If Rudo y Cursi weren't subtitled, it might seem a little too familiar, for all of its cultural differences and South-of-the-border flavor ... But the journey's the point here, not the goal. ...""   Redbox   James Rocchi 3.5/4 "Never loses touch with its whipsmart core of integrity and humor."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 2.5/5 "Not freewheeling enough to be deemed innovative or exciting."   Boxoffice Magazine   John P. McCarthy "A flagrantly contrived piece of Hollywood-style hokum masquerading as serious drama."   The Screengrab   Nick Schager 5/5 "not only does it fail to live up to the high standards of "Y Tu Mama Tambien," it doesn't even live up to the bar set by such earlier soccer films as "Victory," "Goal" and "Kicking and Screaming.""   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski B "...a good choice for the filmgoer who wants to think about the story rather than zone on the action of so many other sports films."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 3/4 "A comically relevant fairy tale about the excessive trappings of celebrity and the dangers of achieving one's goals."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 7/10 "This isn't much more than a pleasant sports comedy and family drama hybrid, but it's surely entertaining. The very model of a summertime arthouse flick."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 21) of 21 OFCS Rating: 62% Fresh Page   1