El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo

I know you are supposed to abandon rationality an the entrance of the cinema, and suspend your disbelief, but no matter how hard you try it's absolutely impossible to take this film seriously. A failure as a comedy, surprising at that, since some of the very best Spanish talents of the genre make a contribution. Difficult to judge or qualify its composing elements. Let's say there is not a single film I can think of that defeats so much its purpose. The characters are incongruous, the acting inconsistent, the story line unbelievable, etc. Probable it will get some laughs from some well intentioned spectators trying very hard to have fun, but most people will laugh at it rather than with it.

This film is claimed to be awful by most people, but IMHO the film it's acceptable and brilliant at some points.

First of all the performance of Pilar Castro (as Paloma) is superb, Javier Gutierrez (as Pocholo) and Guillermo Toledo (as Pelayo Snow) are quite good, the worst it's the playing of Santiago Segura, not good at all.

This film at first seen could be interpreted as a bad movie, but I think it has some surrealistic point and it isn't a simple-minded film as it could appear, it's a criticism to some roles that are adopted usually by most people, who lives with a "peter pan-syndrome" in many ways of his life.

I encourage you to don't listen people that says this is the worst Spanish film and that give a chance to this film. It isn't not a masterpiece, but not as bad as people claims.

Of course, if you like the music which appears in the movie (Hombres G, Mecano, and all that stuff), you don't like the movie. But, strictly, I think is not that bad, mainly because Pocholo and Borjamari are really pathetic, but exactly in the same way as the real guys who liked that kind of music in the Madrid of the 80's were: I don't hesitate about it because I was living then there and I saw it with my own eyes every Saturday evening. Look twice to the movie and search for funny jokes about the quite late move-out-of-parents-home of the Spanish youth, the absurd situations in the trying to pick-up girls of each weekend, the insane, vain and superficial way of life of the Spanish young members of the V.I.P. families... All these reflections are and were real, and they are mixed with some standards comedy situations. I do believe that the critics didn't make justice to this movie with their writings. Lack of sense of humor about burlesques of the high social classes? And, by the way, I'm sorry, but the best highlight in the movie is the characterizing of Mecano's fans, whose exaggerated and praised entourage created about the simple (and several plain) pop-music songs of this band converted Mecano's members in a kind of Gods who they never ever were at all. There were much much much more music during the 80's in Spain, much more variety and styles, and much more better too...

BorjaMari and Pocholo are the most popular guys in discos at he the 80's, while they are about 20 and have all the girls behind them. Unfortunately, twenty years have passed and they have not changed anything. They go to the same place (where they are less than clowns, but they don't realize), listen the same music and make the same jokes, day after day, without realizing that world has changed. One day, they find their cousin, Pelayo, who was the loser of the 80s, that today is a famous artist-sportsman that has everything in life. He decides to take revenge and tells them that Mecano (a mythic Spanish group of the eighties) are going to do a surprise concert in a few days. BorjaMari and Pocholo, stupid as they are, believe him and filled with happiness make a travel to see Mecano without knowing that all is a joke from their cousin. Silly, with stupid and pathetic characters, it pretends to be funny when is absolutely boring; bad directed and worse played, if you can, avoid seeing it. On the other hand, the soundtrack is superb, with probable the pest Spanish-pop songs of the last twenty years, and that can make the disgusting process of watching the film a bit more pleasant. If possible, buy and enjoy the soundtrack, but avoid watching the film. (due to its soundtrack I've put a 2, not 1)

This is a horrible movie in an of itself, but the fact that it is trying to be "One Night at the Roxbury" in Spain makes it even worse. Foreign films have always stood out for me, basically because they are daring and brave. Spanish films in particular have always left me with a very positive feel, but this is the lamest thing ever produced.

At times it feels like it's Dumb and Dumber without the charisma of Jim Carrey, but mostly it's a remake of a Night at the Roxbury only dumber. A particularly stupid scene consists of the two lead characters sitting at a Ski Resort, one tells the other one to turn around so that he can slap him and then they both laugh like morons. This happens at least four times without a real rhyme or reason.

As one of the other comments states, the music is the only worthwhile element...although I have to disagree with him ... Mecano is NOT a mythical band...it is one of the best Bands from Spain. Overall this is unbearably bad -- Skip it at all cost.