Review of Cantinflas (2014) by Jerry M — 28 Aug 2014

Oscar Jaenada nailed it! He captured the mannerisms and essence of real-life Cantinflas better than any actor has captured a real life character to the best of my recollection--even better than Meryl Streep captured Margret Thatcher. With Meryl-Thatcher we still saw Meryl. In the film, Cantinflas, all we saw was Cantinflas.

Oscar is a later bloomer in popularity but an amazing actor whose best days are yet to come. I saw this film one day before opening day so it may be too early to tell, but I'd be very surprised if this movie garners much less than a 90% audience approval rating. Of course, the critics may pan it, as they usually do great films that show characters who learn moral lessons and gain great moral character as Cantininflas did in this epic film.