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Cassandro

Movie
2023
1h 47m
R
English
Drama
User Score: 
6.7
Critic Score: 
84
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The true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso that rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world but also his own life.
Cassandro Poster

Cassandro

R
Movie
2023
1h 47m
English
Drama
The true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso that rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world but also his own life.
Rating
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6.7
IMDB
Cassandro (2023) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
84

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Directed By: Roger Ross Williams
Written By: Roger Ross Williams (Screenplay), David Teague (Screenplay)

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AlfieSGD says...
one year ago
I'm a casual wrestling fan, but I'm not that much into Lucha Libre. That's why I wasn't familiar with the whole Exótico aspect. In this biopic, Gael García Bernal portrays a gay exótico called Cassandro, who manages to rise against all odds in a rather homophobic business. At the same time, it is a touching mother-son story. The pace of the story was a little too leisurely for me at times, but the movie is still thoroughly entertaining. Gael García Bernal is perhaps a little too old for the role, but he delivers a really strong performance. And for a wrestling film, there are also a pleasing number of wrestling scenes, which are generally competently choreographed. However, they don't quite come close to the real product. Even though "Cassandro" is certainly not the best wrestling drama I've ever seen, it's still an entertaining feel-good biopic overall.
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Lee Brown Barrow says...
one year ago
Enjoyable to an extent but it wasn't as impactful as I thought it would be.
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CinemaSerf
one year ago
Gael García Bernal is great in this entertaining biopic of the eponymous wrestler who rose from Texan oblivion and poverty to international acclaim. We learn fairly early on that he and his mother "Jocasta" (Perla De La Rosa) get by after his father abandoned them by working loads of different jobs More
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