Don't Believe the Hype

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This movie is a cinematic adaptation of the animations of the website Huevocartoon (Eggcartoon).I like to see those animations: Even when the quality of the animation it is way too simple, the jokes are pretty funny and witty. However, this movie, unlike the animations from the website (Which had plenty of adult humor) was aimed to the children. For that reason, most of the humor was considerably toned down (Though there are still a few hints of adult humor which appear in some moments of the movie. There are also some cameo appearances of some of the regular characters from the website, playing several of the most famous gags, but most of the characters from this movie are completely new.Even if this movie isn't a masterpiece, it still possess some entertaining qualities that made it work.

Well, I've been a fan of Huevo Cartoons for years, and honestly, the movie is kinda disappointing... Don't get me wrong, for some people who haven't seen their work before, it may not seem that bad, but for me, who I'm used to their REAL type of humor, this was just an entertaining movie that could have been SO much better without trying to soften the humor for the kid's sake, I think they'd have been much better off by just rating the movie as an adult's movie so that they could exploit the real potential of the movie, after all, the success they've had in the internet speaks by itself... But this movie can't give any idea of their real work to people who have never seen their sketches on the internet... Hopefully, next time (if there's another after this one)they'll exploit the whole potential and create better characters with another type of story... I mean, not so much for kids :-s , because, anyway, the people who watch their cartoons on the internet aren't kids (and if there are, believe me they're doing it behind their parents backs).I'll give the movie a 6 because the animation was good, and I got a couple of laughs from some things in the movie.

In the late 90s, brothers Gabriel and Rodolfo Riva Palacio started a small series of animated shorts that they distributed via internet. This shorts were humorous sketch comedies about living eggs and their misfortunes that due to their successful mix of cartoon-like animation and witty jokes became a very popular download in Spanish-speaking countries. Years after that unexpected success, the Riva Palacio brothers got enough funding to create a feature length movie about their animated eggs that could keep the spirit of their short animations. "Una Película De Huevos" (literally, "A Film About Eggs") was the result of that effort.The film tells the story of Toto (Bruno Bichir), a "newborn" egg whose dream of becoming a chicken is shattered when he is selected by the farmer to be sent to a mall to be sold. Decided to not end his days as breakfast, he joins a group of rebel eggs in their escape plan but he is abandoned after the plan is screwed up. Now, with the help of another abandoned egg named Willy (Carlos Espejel) and a lunatic bacon stripe, he is on a quest to escape from the city and find a farm where he'll be able to finally become a chicken.Sure, at first sight one wonders how a movie about talking eggs can work, but this one not only works, it's actually very good at it. Giving a new face to the classic hero's journey to find himself, the Riva Palacio brothers fill the movie with their witty brand of comedy although toned down so it could be enjoyed by kids of any age. The use of slapstick, irony, parody and all the elements that made their short animations famous are present in the film so it won't disappoint their followers.The animation work is probably among the best seen in a Mexican film (animated productions are not common in the country), and the mix of traditional animation and computer-generated one is very fluid and barely noticeable. The story unfolds at a nice pace and while the story is obviously predictable, its great dose of humor and the overall well-development of the script make up for that flaw. It probably is not the best Mexican film ever made, but it is a big step forward for the young industry of animation in Mexico.The voice work is remarkable and basically it gives the soul to the film and is the element that makes it so charming. Bruno Bichir and Carlos Espejel are great as the lead characters, with the serious attitude of the former making a good contrast with the comedic nature of the latter. As in the original shorts, the Riva Palacio brothers give their voices too and Rodolfo appears as the charming villain Coco and Gabriel as the Confi, the stoned hippie egg. Angélica Vale appears as Bibi, the romantic interest of our heroes, although her performance is nothing amazing.The film is overall very good, but it has some details that diminishes its quality. The fact that the characters were originated in short films is apparent when some scenes seem too silly or with the only purpose of increasing the runtime to a feature length. However, its only true serious trouble lays in what is probably also its greatest strength: the kind of humor it uses the most (verbal) is not easy to translate to other languages, as even other variants of Spanish may struggle to get some of the jokes."Una Película De Huevos" is a very good film and a huge step for Mexican animators. While probably most of its humor will be lost in translation to the non-Spanish speaking audience, it still is a very recommended film and hopefully, the beginning of a new generation of young Mexican filmmakers. 7/10

This is definitely a movie for Mexico. The animations are funny clips that you could download from the internet, sometimes for free sometimes for money. Due to the rising popularity it was obvious that the makers should try and make a full-length motion picture. the result was a funny story which's only goal is to entertain. Some of the jokes are impossible to understand in anything but Mexican Spanish, still it can be interesting for everyone. The animation is pretty good and you will be able to find some interesting shots as well as the blend of music and characters which are quite few. The story is not much, but all you have to do is to remember that it is just a cartoon and should enjoy bits and pieces of it and not expect Shakespeare meets dream works.