Padre no hay más que uno

Spanish middle-class (upper middle-class?) life hit squarely on the head. Don't ask why a single old guy like me would watch this, but I have my reasons (perfecting my Spanish is among them). This film isn't anything we haven't seen dozens of times before: the clueless father in charge of the kids so that he can appreciate how much his wife does that he ignores.

While praising the tireless efforts of the mother, the film mocks the busy-body housewives in his chat group, so the movie tries to have it both ways. The film also perpetuates the stereotype of the Spanish woman as humorless, loud, imperious, and not-too-bright. I wish they would stop this.

Most of the attempts at humor are heavy-handed and come up short, but there are moments of dark humor that sort of make this project worthwhile. He treats their sudaca maid like some sort of low-wage slave, which is probably pretty typical of these families of semi-privilege. "Raise your own kids, clean your own toilets," will be cries of the next revolution.

My mom and I were bored, and she was curious about the movie, so we watched it to have a quick laugh, as Santiago Segura and Silvia Abril can be funny.

There's one or two jokes which land, the rest are on the level that you get reading Twitter zingers about the most commonly used comedy topics, which is sad for a movie that cost nearly 3M euros. It's 2020, and we have jokes about a little girl who can't pronounce right and is going to a logopedist?

One can agree with the social message that a movie conveys (the load of sharing children is not shared fairly across couples), but find it crude- laughs are gotten by having everyone in the movie be obnoxious, stupid or both. Takeshi Kitano hinted that the best comedy (and the "best violence") is unexpected; Almodóvar's is at his funniest when he puts his characters in bizarre situations, because jokes surprise you. This movie is exactly the opposite. It just tries to be relatable to the lowest common denominator Spaniard out there.

You could say that the movie has a few laughs in it and is good to watch if you are bored with nothing to do, but I say there's a massive number of good comedies that can keep you busy for ages, so please don't encourage more stuff like this.

Normally comedies are unintelligent, or use dirty jokes, slapstick... This comedy was funny, just tender enough to be cute without causing diabetes, and fun all the way through. Really, really recommended. I'd give it a seven, but it has a lower grade than it deserves, so I'm giving it an eight for it to get its deserved rating.

The kids deserve special mention. It must have been hell to film a movie with five child actors, but these five were REALLY good in their roles, really well chosen, and all in all, really funny. I hope to see more of them in the future.

Really recommended for a Christmas watch.

Very very very cute, what a peculiar and cute family, these light films that realistically deal with the double journey of women and especially the "home" and "mother" professions, which are so strenuous and consume 24 hours of time, whether in person or just mental, more intense when the parents are omitted, even present, as in the movie, of course with a lot of exaggerations, comical situations, and extreme cuteness of the children, but everything passionate and funny...

This film is very exciting, interesting, and enjoyable. The director is Santiago Segura. The main actors are Martina d'Antiochia, Toni Acosta, Silvia Abril, Leo Harlem, and Wendy Ramos. It was released on August 1, 2019. It is a comedy. This is a funny and surprising film. It has good cinematography and actors. I like this film because it is interesting and exciting, and it shows a crazy family. In conclusion, I think it's a fantastic film, and I would recommend it to everyone. 10/10

• Martina

This is a comedy film, and the film is very funny. It has got beautiful cinematography. I give it 10/10, the film is fantastic!

• Antia