Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-Cellent Adventure

2015 1h 39m ES

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★7.0TMDB · 231

AnimationAdventureComedyFamily

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Toto has grown and now is a young cock. An evil rancher tricks the female owner of the ranch where they live and forces her to bet the property in a cockfight in the arena. Toto is the only option to defend their home, so he must train in just one week and win the championship of the arena.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Bruno Bichir
Toto (voice)
Maite Perroni
Di (voice)
Carlos Espejel
Willy (voice)
Angélica Vale
Bibi (voice)
Omar Chaparro
Patin Patán (voice)
José Lavat
Don Poncho (voice)
Sergio Sendel
Bankivoide (voice)
Ninel Conde
Chiquis (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste
Writers: Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste, Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste, Misael Núñez
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Mexico

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.9× over at the box office.

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2 / 5

ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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3 / 5

CINEMA

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Part of the "Huevos Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 5

CAST

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Bruno Bichir and Maite Perroni and Carlos Espejel carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4643580 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Mexico. Dialogue in Spanish.

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1Made its money back 4.9× over at the box office.
2Released 11 years ago.
3Part of the "Huevos Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Bruno Bichir and Maite Perroni and Carlos Espejel carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt4643580 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Sound: Matías Barberis
Runtime: 99 min · 1h 39m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $5,300,000
Box office: $26,072,723
Return: 492% of budget
Original language: ES
IMDB: Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-Cellent Adventure (2015)

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Huevos Collection

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Filipe Manuel Neto2023-05-28
★ 4/10
An average film, without any kind of originality, but still enjoyable. It's not usual to see a Mexican film being highlighted in Portugal, and even less being entirely dubbed into our language. However, I have just seen it on TV, on a Sunday morning, the regular time at which children's animated films are usually shown. And after researching a little about it, I was truly surprised by the number of films about roosters and eggs that Mexican animation cinema has already made. Overall, I liked what I saw. It's not an original film, we've already seen a lot of similar things, but it was a consistent, solid effort and denotes some ambition and also technical and artistic capacity, which is commendable for a country that makes a lot of cinema for regional consumption, but has some difficulty in export films to the Old Continent. It's not a movie that makes me laugh a lot, and I bet most kids will enjoy it, but without feeling excited about what they're seeing and quickly forgetting everything they've seen. The script revolves around Toto, a young chicken who has to save his family's farm, preventing it from being taken over by a malicious landowner. To do so, he needs to defeat a big fighting cock in a stakes fight. Of course, the other animals, chickens and talking eggs will try their best to help you tip the odds in your favour. Therefore, it is a retelling of the old story of David against Goliath, of the struggle of the oppressed and weak against the powerful. It's effective, has a good, uplifting moral message, and entertains the audience well. On a technical level, the film deserves attention for its impeccable graphics and visuals. The CGI used in the animations is not exactly state of the art, it is not pristine and ultra-realistic. None of that. However, it's elegant enough, pretty enough, doesn't make gross mistakes, and has very good color and stroke. The mood isn't perfect, but it seems okay, it's within what I expected to find. I cannot evaluate the original dialogues and jokes since I saw the dubbed version for my language and not the original, but I am satisfied with the dub done by the Portuguese, it is a job that seems to be well done.

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