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The Kids Are Alright (2021 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Kids Are Alright' is a 2021 Spanish comedy film directed by Santiago Segura which stars Segura himself and Leo Harlem. It is a remake of the French film 'Attention au dpart!'.
Plot
Ricardo is charged with accompanying his son, along a group of kids, to a camp in Asturias. Felipe, the grand father of one of the latter, also goes alongside him. However, both end up missing the train, leaving the kids in their own way.
Cast
Production
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Written by the director Santiago Segura alongside Marta Gonzlez de Vega, the film is a remake of the 2021 French film ', which actually hit the French theatres later than the Spanish release. 'The Kids are Alright' was produced by Bowfinger International Pictures and Atresmedia Cine in collaboration with , Todos Al Tren La Pelcula A.I.E. and Glow, with participation of Atresmedia and Movistar+.
Shooting took place in Asturias (including Illas, Avils and ), but footage was also shot in locations of the province of Toledo (Illescas) and the Madrid region.
The film's original song, 'Tu tren', was performed by Carlos Jean and Bebe.
Release
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Espaa, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 8 July 2021. It became the highest-grossing Spanish film of 2021.
Reception
Rubn Romero Santos of 'Cinemana' gave the film 2 out of 5 stars. Lacking in creativity and displaying characters' indefinition, he found the kids' subplot to be a drag, to the point of "turning the viewer into a little Herod". He also found worrying the turn of the filmmaking career of Santiago Segura, having become an adaptator of inane family comedy films.
Fausto Fernndez of 'Fotogramas' gave it 4 out of 5 stars, praising the situations which the Leo Harlem's character set the rest of characters in. He considered both of the two film subplots to work fine: that of the kids in the train, and particularly the complementary one (a sort of road movie).
Raquel Hernndez Lujn of 'HobbyConsolas' gave the film 45 out of 100 points, considering it to be a clone of previous Segura's proposals, praising the character performed by David Guapo, while decrying the cringeful jokes related to inclusive language and machismo, and overall the stale tone of the film.
Josu Eguren of 'El Correo' gave the film 1 out of 3 stars, considering it fell short in terms of comedy. He pointed out at the film separating the gags dedicated to a child audience and those dedicated to an adult audience, with the "weak group of brats" on one side and the part led by Segura, Harlem and Guapo on the other side.
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2021
References
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