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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe intimate movie hums with a back-in-the-hood vibe that gets the two stars playing contentedly, and delightfully, for the love of local filmmaking.
- 80Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanRudo y Cursi is as fatalistic as any film noir, but it's played for cartoonish screwball comedy. At once smooth and frantic, filled with cozy clutter and vulgar jive, the movie subsumes its moralizing in frat-house entertainment.
- 80Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMr. Cuarón directs with a hand that's as sure as it is deft. The music is terrific, though I can't say the same for the fusty subtitles, and Adam Kimmel's cinematography bathes the movie's cheerful absurdities in a beautiful glow.
- 75The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinCarlos Cuaron's otherwise terrific new comedy Rudo Y Cursi barely survives its third-act "Goodfellas" descent into seedy coke-and-crime drama.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversLuna and García Bernal display the kind of chemistry that makes you overlook the clichés in the script by first-time director Carlos Cuarón. Sometimes good-natured fun is enough.
- 75USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigRudo y Cursi (which roughly translates to tough and corny) is more raucous and slight than the contemplative "Y Tu Mama," but it is an undeniably entertaining rags-to-riches-to-rags comedy.
- 70Film ThreatFilm ThreatWhat Cuarón and friends have done is made a cute genre film. What's the harm in that? I’m sure Bernal will be back to his edgy roots soon enough.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterRudo y Cursi scores from every angle -- comic, personal and cross-cultural.
- 70VarietyVarietyPicture scores a solid goal for its national cinema and the cause of comedy.
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottWhile the film is lively and engaging, it also, in the end, feels a little thin, largely because it is unsure of how earnestly to treat its own lessons about fate, ambition and brotherly love.