I have no problem with low-budget humor, but unlike, say, The Naked Gun or Yacht Rock, this film had no jokes except intentional continuity/editing errors and silly effects. Even what few jokes it had didn't have any real substance. I only rated it as high as I did because there were at least two things it didn't do: intentionally annoy in the name of "humor" and bore enough for me to outright hate it.

"This is one of those nasty little films that tries very hard to obscure its misogynist and racist premise through pseudo political critique." - Diego Costa

The poor critical reception aside, CASA DE MI PADRE is, a few slow spots aside, a great deal of fun; the obvious sincerity of the project only adds to the pleasure. As a satire on the telenovela genre, it's played fairly straight, and quite well at that: Will Ferrell is at his most likable, Genesis Rodriguez shows much promise, and Gael Garcia Bernal smokes two cigarettes at once. Uneven but generally amusing script (love that mountain lion); good score and design; imaginative direction.

I was prepared for this to be a one-trick pony that really dragged and while it's true that this is essentially an idea for a decent comedy sketch drawn out into a full-length movie, it find a way to be just entertaining enough to never become tedious. It is never really funny, but it is able to be continually mildly amusing with enough modest high points to get you through the running time. Worth watching, but you could find better options