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A Night in Old Mexico (2013)

Director:
Emilio Aragón
COUNTRY
USA
GENRE
Drama
NORWEGIAN TITLE
A Night in Old Mexico
RUNNING TIME
104 minutes
Producer:
Emilio Aragón
Virginia Campos
Robert Carliner
Robert Duvall
J. Ethan Park
Sunmin Park
César Vargas Sanz
Bill Wittliff
Screenwriter:
Bill Wittliff


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING
Red Bovie Robert Duvall ½
Gally Jeremy Irvine ½
Patty Wafers Angie Cepeda
Panama Luis Tosar ½
Cholo Joaquín Cosío ½
Moon Jim Parrack

 

Review

A Night in Old Mexico is a sweet little tale about a down-and-out and bitter old-timer who goes on a trip to Mexico and finds new purpose in life after getting his hands on a young exotic dancer and some dirty drug money. If that sounds a little naïve and trite, it's because it is. But Robert Duvall has always had a strange ability to add validity to almost anything, no matter how mediocre the circumstances, and so he does here as well. The supposed weighty material in the movie, such as the relationship between Duvall and his grandson (played by Jeremy Irvine) or such as the existential themes in the script always stay just a little short of poignant, but at least the filmmakers want to make them felt, even if they're not quite able to convey it. And when the drama isn't quite working, there's just enough humour in here to cover it up.

Copyright © 13.01.2015 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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