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This Is Not a Comedy

Original title: El comediante
  • 2021
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
418
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This Is Not a Comedy (2021)
Gabriel, knocking 40, receives the proposal of having a child with his best friend. With a long history of failures and a city that seems against him, he decides to become a better person and reconcile with life and the cosmos.
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Gabriel, knocking 40, receives the proposal of having a child with his best friend. With a long history of failures and a city that seems against him, he decides to become a better person an... Read allGabriel, knocking 40, receives the proposal of having a child with his best friend. With a long history of failures and a city that seems against him, he decides to become a better person and reconcile with life and the cosmos.Gabriel, knocking 40, receives the proposal of having a child with his best friend. With a long history of failures and a city that seems against him, he decides to become a better person and reconcile with life and the cosmos.

  • Directors
    • Rodrigo Guardiola
    • Gabriel Nuncio
  • Writers
    • Gabriel Nuncio
    • Alo Valenzuela
  • Stars
    • Gabriel Nuncio
    • Cassandra Ciangherotti
    • Adriana Paz
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    418
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Rodrigo Guardiola
      • Gabriel Nuncio
    • Writers
      • Gabriel Nuncio
      • Alo Valenzuela
    • Stars
      • Gabriel Nuncio
      • Cassandra Ciangherotti
      • Adriana Paz
    • 2User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Gabriel Nuncio
    Gabriel Nuncio
    • Gabriel
    Cassandra Ciangherotti
    Cassandra Ciangherotti
    • Leyre
    Adriana Paz
    Adriana Paz
    • Melissa
    Cecilia Suárez
    Cecilia Suárez
    • Cecilia Suarez
    Alejandro Saevich
    Alejandro Saevich
    • Saevich
    Eduardo Donjuan
    • Don Juan
    • (as Eduardo Don Juan)
    Manolo Caro
    Manolo Caro
    • Lauro
    María Castellá
    • Magaly
    Mario Frias
    • Audio Clerk
    Carlos Abraham Gongo
    • Gerardo
    Patricio Serna
    • Bitle
    Renata Vaca
    Renata Vaca
    • Dayana
    Tamara Vallarta
    Tamara Vallarta
    • Lily
    • Directors
      • Rodrigo Guardiola
      • Gabriel Nuncio
    • Writers
      • Gabriel Nuncio
      • Alo Valenzuela
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    5isaacochoterena

    There is no depth

    There are a lot of very personal topics in this movie, but they don't have any depth.

    The way in which the film exposes these themes, such as loneliness, feeling insufficient or helplessness, is only touched on very lightly, the film does not delve into how the main character feels about it nor does it give a concrete development about why he is like that. The film tells the story that the main character went through to transcend, but we never really see him strive to achieve what he wants, moreover, there is not even a development to know what he really wants. What it does portray well is the difficulty that many writers go through so that their movie scripts can be captured on the big screen, and how the decisions of the plot are changed by the actors or by the need to create something meaningless but to make the audience laugh, is a clear staging of what is currently happening in the film industry in Mexico. The acting is decent, the photography is good, but some characters are very flat and not fully developed.

    It's a movie that isn't as bad as other Mexican movies, but it doesn't add anything interesting or well developed either, the story may be different but it still isn't deep enough.
    5broman-29429

    No, not a comedy...

    No, not a comedy, but I don't think it's a drama either, than what is it? Artistically has a lot of value, good quality, good cinematography, the script it's a bit painful it has a lot of uncomfortable moments and I don't think that the plot is "a man is asked to be the father of her friends child" the plot is about the crisis of fitting into a society of successful people, our interpretation as humans of success, why we do the things we do and how we based our value and our existence on things that can easily be taken away from us. It has a dance scene that I enjoyed which is weird because the main character (the one who performs it) is not particularly a dancer, but his interpretation was good. The ending was a surprise, I think it's worth of your time if you are in the mood for a bit of introspection.

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    • Release date
      • January 14, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Mexico
    • Official site
      • Netflix Site
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Це вам не комедія!
    • Production companies
      • Agencia Bengala
      • Panorama Global
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      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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