Will Ferrell is a successful sketch and movie comedian
because he commits himself to the role one hundred percent and never wavers. I
have faulted him in the past for giving too much of a knowing wink to his over
the top performances and in his latest it’s the absence of that wink and his
usual commitment, this time to the drama, that makes his performance admirable.
However, Casa de mi Padre is not a
drama. Well, it is in a sense because it’s made completely in the style of
Latin American telenovelas combined with low budget Mexican cinema. So it’s a
comedy by virtue of the fact that the filmmakers have deliberately set out to
parody those styles.
