Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas

I have never seen or heard of the Torrente movies saying that I cant compare them to the previous movies but I did enjoy this one. After reading some of the other reviews that were so negative and unjust, I just had to give my two cents! If your you're looking for a Critically-acclaimed award winning Movie, no this is not for you. If you want some almost painful to watch slapstick humor that will hurt your side from laughing like the three stooges then yes this is for you. Its like watching Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm, always setting him self up for failure. The viewer sees it coming a mile away and just enjoys seeing the comedic failure. It is a bit derogatory towards woman and misogynistic in my opinion but to me it shows the cultural differences on what is exceptable here in America versus Spain. (or the rest of the world for that matter) If a major movie company in America was this misogynistic in a comedy and not a drama, they would be shunned. Now I feel bad for enjoying the movie. I would have been just as (stupid) funny without the scenes I speak about. It is not OK to encourage or endorse this behavior. So I guess I can only say that I liked this movie because I learned something from it. I Love my Mom, my sisters, my nieces, my aunts and my grandmothers...Don't we all?

Casposo (dandruffy) is used in Spain to describe poor concoctions, endeavors that lack ambition, half hearted efforts that exploit the simplest forms of entertainment. Torrente, Santiago Seguraś character returns for a 5th outing and the results are what you can expect when a franchise has been eploited for so long, specially if its core elements are bad taste humor, fecal jokes, and continuous demonstrations of bad manners. As usual, Torrente, mean spirited, shitty, bad mouthed, etc. has a grandiose plan for which he is forced to recruit the dumbest, most ridiculous and unoperative collection of crooks, embodied by an eccentric selection of real life has beens, freaky stand up comedians with no acting experience, a matador and some TV stars, with the added presence of A. Baldwin that seems to have had a good time entertaining those types, so far away from his world. The result is the one you would expect: hilarious for the addicts, so so for discriminating audiences.

Santiago Segura proves again he is a pretty good director, although devoured by his creation. Ford Coppola famously said once that Star Wars had ended the career of the most talented director of its generation. Something similar can be said about Segura: He seems to be a slave of his character, obsessed with serving yet another dose of its antics, each time with less success, but even so a success so big, in Spanish terms, at least, that keeps him entangled with his creation, unable to break away to other stories I'm sure he'll do as well or even better.

I love the TORRENTE character and I believe if perhaps the greater movie character ever developed; however after waiting to almost 1 AM to see the movie (on a Wednesday) because it was SOLD OUT; after a few minutes I almost leave the theater completely disappointed.

First of all; some characters are back but with different actors and not as good as the originals. Others quite capable like Firoentino Fernandez are almost unused. Screen time was given to the more stupid characters (perhaps cheaper actors) and very little to the really good ones but Santiago Segura who this time is not really able to keep the movie going.

Alec Baldwin is another misstep; usually a good actor and somewhat comedian; here is none. Only overacts as the bad guy and dares to speak Spanish (not that bad really but little).

Instead of going to excess situations the script tries to criticize Spanish political situation. If you are aware of what is happening there you can catch some jokes; but it is not easy to understand, I really hope Segura (also the writer and director) makes some money to repair this mess and makes a good Torrente 6. In the meantime; just forget this.

What a way to waste $8 million, the cost to produce this garbage ... Another example of the superficial, cheap, insensitive, degrading, and rotten content that most of the world of cinema has become ... just one out of ten thousand films produced nowadays are worth watching. It's the first time I watch one of these films (Torrente) from beginning to end... and it truly depicts the spiritual poverty inside the director, Santiago Segura ... Recently I heard a very remarkable producer and actor, named Eduardo Verastegui, saying that what is produced in Hollywood or any other place where films and TV shows are made ... is simply the reflection of that which is in the heart of the producer, director, and actor ... That's right. The Kendrick brothers know that well. You can produce a film to inspire and bless millions of marriages such as Fireproof, or you can produce this type of Torrente series garbage to entertain and degrade women and men. How sad that some of the most trashy films I have ever seen are produced in Spain. As Spaniard, I feel ashamed... but the US or other countries are not that different. I hope these people who produce cheap entertainment at very high cost of production will change their hearts and start to produce something that has a little of substance and depth. How much talent wasted. Joaquin Fenollar

I'm hungarian. All Torrente movies are huge hits in Hungary. This is no different. The voice of Torrente and punchlines of the dubbed torrente is amazing. Probably very funny in Spanish as well but too fast to read in english. Actors and directors these days might be too afraid of movies like this because it is so offensive towards everyone. But that is exactly why it is great. People have no sense of humor these days. If your're one of them do not watch it. Simple. 5 movies made for a reason. People like it. Hope to see a 6th one soon. Enough said just watch it already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!