Rudo y Cursi Review

I've seen quite a number of football movies being a big football fan. There are lots of biographies and dramtic football movies but none like Rudo y Cursi. First of all, even though the two central characters are footballers, most of the film takes place outside the football field. In fact we get to see the ball being kicked around only a couple of times throughout the movie. It may seem that this movie hardly qualifies as a football movie, but it is not so. The peculiar feature of Rudo y Cursi is that all facets of life are explained through football rules and philosophies. The human life is turned into a strange football metaphor.

Rudo y Cursi is essentially a movie about high-stakes sibling rivalry. One is a hot-shot striker and other is a cool-headed goal-keeper. The movie aims for a comedic and humorous tone that take the proceedings forward with a wink and a grin. With their meteoric rise in the football field, they see their lives transform from living in rundown hovels to swanky bungalows and driving shiny sports cars. Soon their lives spiral out of control and that forms the crux of the story. The two leads are played by Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, who have shared the screen in Y Tu Mama Tambien before, and here too they have amazing chemistry. The movie will leave a smile on your face in the end.