2021 · comedy
El mesero
Directed by Raúl Martínez1h 26m2021
A waiter pretends to be an important businessman in order to reach the upper class through his entrepreneurial dreams.
Our read: El mesero (2021) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- intimate
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How El mesero feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a breezy Mexican comedy about a waiter faking status to climb the ladder.”
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