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mine.
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La
Gran Familia Espanola
(2013)
Johnny's
comments:
La Gran Familia Española
is a dramedy about a
family headed by the
patriarch (Héctor Colomé)
who has been estranged
from his wife and is
obsessed with the movie
'Seven Brides for Seven
Brothers'. The father was
desperate to have his
family live like the
brothers in that movie,
even naming his sons, Adán
(Antonio de la Torre),
Benjamín (Roberto Álamo),
Caleb (Quim Gutiérrez),
Daniel (Miquel Fernández)
and Efraín (Patrick
Criado) after the brothers
in the movie. Efraín is
the only son who wants to
follow through with that
movie's plot and at a
young age determines that
Carla (Arantxa Martí) will
be his bride. So, on the
day of the 2010 World Cup
final, where Spain is
playing off, the wedding
happens. Things aren't
great in the family. Adán
is in massive debt and
plans to rob his father's
safe. Caleb is a doctor
who fled to Africa to
avoid committing to Cris
(Verónica Echegui), who is
now with Daniel, who is
now having his own doubts
with Caleb back in town.
Then the father has an
angina attack during the
wedding and this gives
Efraín the opportunity to
rethink his marriage,
especially when he seems
better suited to Carla's
sister Mónica (Sandra
Martín). And there's one
or two family secrets that
are going to be unearthed
over the course of the
evening.
From the director of
Azuloscurocasinegro,
Gordos and Primos, this
continues his love of
families in crisis with a
number of his regulars
returning. Sadly, I just
didn't love La Gran
Familia Española as much
as his earlier movies,
particularly the excellent
Azuloscurocasinegro. I
know that sounds
disingenuous, but the
spark just isn't as
apparent here, which is a
shame as the movie has a
pretty likable plot, just
that it's completely
predictable and resolves
all issues way too
conveniently. Not a bad
movie, very watchable,
just nothing to get
excited about.
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