How to Be a Latin Lover (2017)

Release date: 2017-04-28
Country: Mexico|USA
Language: English|Spanish
Director: Ken Marino
Production Co: Pantelion Films, 3Pas Studios, Lionsgate
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: 5.9/10
Length: 1h 55min

Storyline

Dumped by his extremely rich 80-year-old wife for a younger boy-toy after twenty-five years of prosperous marriage, pampered, yet penniless gold-digger Maximo is forced to take matters into his own hands, perhaps for the very first time in his once luxurious life. As a result, the ageing gigolo will have no other choice but to seek shelter with his estranged widowed sister Sara and his 10-year-old nephew Hugo, completely unprepared though for a rude awakening coupled with a big slice of real life on the side. But once a seducer, always a seducer and as spoiled Maximo struggles to squeeze out one decent idea that would throw him back into the arms of yet another fabulously wealthy widow, a new opportunity will appear; one that includes a profitable first-rate tutorship in how to be the perfect Casanova.

Plot Keywords

year 1950, hangover, school uniform, text messaging, barefoot, pajamas, sadness, dead husband, tequila, dating, sink, slapstick comedy, hit in the face, garbage bin, spa, mountain climbing, champagne, kiss on the cheek, party, raised middle finger

Short Review

OK, so it will never be mistaken for vintage Pedro Almodovar or Bigas Luna, but the feel-good satire How to Be a Latin Lover nevertheless gives you less cause to be a hater than you might have expected.