Father There Is Only One 2

Father There Is Only One 2 (Spanish: Padre no hay más que uno 2: La llegada de la suegra) is a 2020 Spanish comedy film directed by Santiago Segura, which also stars in alongside Toni Acosta, Leo Harlem, and Silvia Abril. It is a sequel to Father There Is Only One and it was followed by Padre no hay más que uno 3. It was the highest-grossing Spanish film of 2020.

Father There Is Only One 2
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SpanishPadre no hay más que uno 2. La llegada de la suegra
Directed bySantiago Segura
Produced by
Starring
Music byRoque Baños
Production
companies
  • Bowfinger International Pictures
  • Atresmedia Cine
  • Mamá se fue de viaje la película AIE
Distributed bySony Pictures
Release date
  • 29 July 2020 (2020-07-29)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Box office12.9 million

Plot

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Although Javier seems to have now everything under control in the family, things do no stay that way. A new pregnancy in the family and the arrival of the mother-in-law ensue.[1][2]

Cast

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Cristina Pardo, Nuria Fergó, Lorena Berdún, Sara Escudero, María del Monte and Sieteex make cameo performances.[1]

Production

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The screenplay was penned by Santiago Segura and Marta González de la Vega. The film is a Bowfinger International Pictures, Atresmedia Cine and Mamá se fue de viaje la película AIE. Shooting wrapped on 4 March 2020. Shooting locations included the Madrid region and the provinces of Guadalajara and Toledo.[4]

Release

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Distributed by Sony Pictures,[5] the film was theatrically released on 29 July 2020 (a Wednesday).[6] The film grossed 2.14 million in its first 5 days, with some theatres still closed because of COVID-19.[6] It became the highest-grossing Spanish release of 2020, with €12.9 million.[7][8]

Reception

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Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas scored out of 45 out of 100 points ("bad"), considering that the sequel "repeats all the problems of the first film", but with the aggravating factor that it has nothing to tell, only rebounding a little with the "extremely powerful" comic flair of Loles León.[1]

Fausto Fernández of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be a superior sequel, highlighting Loles León's performance, which the reviewer found reminiscent of Ethel Merman's in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.[2]

Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, finding the sequel to be less fun than the first film, even if Loles León's comic flair is all over the place.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Hernández Luján, Raquel (29 July 2020). "Crítica de Padre no hay más que uno 2: la llegada de la suegra". HobbyConsolas.
  2. ^ a b Fernández, Fausto (29 July 2020). "Crítica de Padre no hay más que uno 2. La llegada de la suegra. Para chispeantes y divertidos amantes de las comedias familiares". Fotogramas.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Padre no hay más que uno 2 (2020)". HobbyConsolas. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  4. ^ Silvestre, Juan (6 May 2020). "Tráiler de 'Padre no hay más que uno 2. La llegada de la suegra'". Fotogramas.
  5. ^ "'Padre no hay más que uno 2' sigue dando aire a los cines y es ya la película española más taquillera del año". Audiovisual451. 19 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b Lang, Jamie (3 August 2020). "Global Bulletin: 'Father There Is Only One 2' Outpaces Original at Spanish Box Office After First Weekend". Variety.
  7. ^ Zurro, Javier (18 July 2022). "Santiago Segura vuelve a salvar la taquilla del cine español con 'Padre no hay más que uno 3'". eldiario.es.
  8. ^ Agudo, Jesús (19 January 2021). "Santiago Segura ante el ninguneo a 'Padre no hay más que uno 2' en los Goya 2021: "Sé cómo se vota"". ecartelera.
  9. ^ Bermejo, Andrea G. (3 August 2020). "Padre no hay más que uno 2: La llegada de la suegra". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.