The Amazing World of Borjamari and Pocholo

The Amazing World of Borjamari and Pocholo (Spanish: El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo) is a 2004 Spanish comedy film directed and written by Juan Cavestany and Enrique López Lavigne starring Javier Gutiérrez and Santiago Segura.

The Amazing World of Borjamari and Pocholo
Theatrical release poster
SpanishEl asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo
Directed by
Screenplay by
  • Juan Cavestany
  • Enrique López Lavigne
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTeo Delgado
Edited byIván Aledo
Music byMiguel Malla
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Sogefilms
Release date
  • 3 December 2004 (2004-12-03)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Box office€3.4 million

Plot

The plot follows Borjamari and Pocholo, a couple of (unadapted) posh brothers in their thirties still pending for finishing a licentiate degree in law, mentally stuck on the 1980s' musical scene (specifically obsessed by Mecano), and who refuse to leave the family home. Their once bullied cousin, Pelayo, now a successful person and womanizer, tells them that Mecano is reuniting and playing a gig in the outskirts of Madrid, where they travel together with their female counterpart, Paloma.[1][2][3]

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Santiago Segura (on behalf of Amiguetes Entertainment), Enrique López Lavigne (Apache Films) and Álvaro Augustin (Estudios Picasso).[6]

Release

Distributed by Warner Sogefilms,[7] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 3 December 2004.[3] It grossed over €3 million at the domestic box office.[8][n. 1]

Reception

Reviewing for Fotogramas, Mirito Torreiro gave the film a negative review, scoring 1 out of 5 stars, highlighting Pilar Castro's performance as the best of the film while negatively assessing pretty much everything else, considering the film to be "one of the comedies with the least capacity to make people laugh of all the comedies that have been made in Spain in recent years".[1]

Jonathan Holland of Variety wrote that the infantilism of the lead characters "is largely duplicated by the script, which tacks cliches and deja vu gags onto a threadbare plotline", considering that "teenage auds will find some ’80s references baffling, and older viewers, who may once have identified with the protags, will be relieved to find they’ve outgrown this sort of thing".[2]

See also

Informational notes
  1. The ICAA records a gross of €3,367,646.69 and 669,610 admissions.[9]

References
  1. Torreiro, Mirito (29 May 2008). "El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo". Fotogramas.
  2. Holland, Jonathan (28 December 2004). "The Amazing World Of Borjamari And Pocholo". Variety.
  3. Sánchez, Mayka (7 December 2004). "El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
  4. Garzón, Raquel (23 April 2014). "Santiago Segura deja a Torrente por Borjamari, "un pijo, ossea"". El País.
  5. "Fallece a los 81 años la reconocida actriz Carmen de la Maza, el amor tardío de José Luis López Vázquez". ¡Hola!. 15 January 2022.
  6. "Santiago Segura, un pijo en 'El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo'". Los 40. 16 April 2004.
  7. Sánchez Noriega, José Luis (2006). "La cultura cinematográfica en la prensa escrita. Un estudio de la información, crítica y publicidad de estrenos en el diario El País". Ámbitos (15): 229.
  8. Arranz, C. (8 July 2008). "'Gente de mala calidad' se acerca a los fracasados en clave de comedia". Diario Sur.
  9. "El asombroso mundo de Borjamari and Pocholo". Catálogo de Cinespañol. ICAA. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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