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MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1397
- IMDb #1161
- Google retired #44
- Rotten Tomatoes #1980
- Metacritic #2204
- Letterboxd #1208
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #675
- Metacritic Audience #931
- Criticker #1583
- Kinopoisk #1028
- AlloCiné #1065
- Trakt #918
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 51, highest is Google on 98. Critics average 55, everyone else 77.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A carefree Acapulco playboy's life is upended when an old fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and disappears. He reluctantly moves to Los Angeles to raise the girl, inventing a fantastical life to shield her, while her sudden reappearance years later threatens their unique bond.
Details
- Director
- Eugenio Derbez
- Released
- 30 August 2013
- Country
- United States, Mexico
- Language
- Spanish, English, Portuguese
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $5.5M
- Box office
- $99.1M
- Awards
- 1 win, 2 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Young Artist Award 2014 | Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film | Loreto Peralta | Winner |
| Young Artist Award 2014 | Best Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film | Laura Krystine | Nominee |
| People's Choice Awards 2013 | Favorite Comedic Movie | Nominee |
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×| Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film | Loreto Peralta | Winner |
| Best Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film | Laura Krystine | Nominee |
| Favorite Comedic Movie | Nominee |