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Life doesn't care if you're ready.

This film was made for the Hispanic market in America but turned out to be a surprise boxoffice success. We follow Acapulco's resident playboy, who gets handed the result of a former fling. He and the baby leave Mexico for Los Angeles to find her mother, but in end only gets a new home for himself and his newfound daughter. He struggles to raise her for six years, while also establishing himself as one of Hollywood's top stuntmen to pay the bills. As he raises her, she forces him to grow up too. But their unique and offbeat family is threatened when mom shows up out of the blue, wanting her daughter back. Mostly in Spanish language with English subtitles, although some parts are in English. Take tissues.

123 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Language).
Comedy, Drama, On the art circuit

Pick me!

Credits

Cast	Eugenio Derbez, Andrés Vázquez, Hugo Stiglitz, Leia Freitas, Ángela Moreno, Gilda Gentile, Nancy Taira, Jessica Lindsey
Director	Eugenio Derbez
Screenplay	Guillermo Rios, Leticia López Margalli, Eduardo Cisneros, Eugenio Derbez
Music	Carlo Siliotto
Cinematography	Martin Boego, Andrés León Becker
Editing	Carlos Bolado, Santiago Pérez Rocha León
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
Made in	2013
Produced by	Alebrije Cine y Video, Fulano, Mengano y Asociados

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Mild to moderate, infrequent, in context of expression
Nudity	None
Sex	Low impact scenes of affection (kissing, cuddling, hugging)
Violence	Infrequent, low impact, comical violence (brief)
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG-13 for sexual content, thematic elements and language
Runtime	122
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 13 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Anél Viktor Losbol-pa-fliek vol verrassende wendings.	10
ScreenIt T. Durgin It's rare a movie comes out of nowhere, with no preview screenings, no fanfare, no name actors, and ends up being a box-office force on its opening weekend. Do I wish it were better? Sure. But I can see why it is getting such a following.	11
Metacritic.com 5 critics	11
Rottentomatoes critics 16 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer	11
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Mix of comedy and tragedy in Mexican dad-daughter tale.	10
What the People say
Internet 16232 Netizens Pregnant With Meaning, Amazing Movie	15
Average .. 57%	11