The Real Cancun Explained

The Real Cancun
Director:Rick de Oliveira
Starring:see below
Music:Michael Suby
Distributor:New Line Cinema
Runtime:96 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English
Budget:$7.5 million
Gross:$5.3 million

The Real Cancun is a 2003 American reality film directed by Rick de Oliveira and written by Brian Caldirola. Inspired by the reality television genre, this film followed the lives of sixteen Americans from March 13 to 23, 2003 as they celebrated spring break in Cancún, Mexico and experienced romantic relationships, emotional strife, or just had a good time.[1] [2]

The film received negative critical reviews and was a box office flop, earning a little over $5 million in the United States from a $7.5 million budget. It was the film debut of Laura Ramsey.

Cast

Release

The Real Cancun was released theatrically only a month after filming was completed,[1] and was released on DVD and home video only a couple of months after that.

Box office

The film earned $2,108,796 in its opening weekend from 2,261 venues, ranking tenth in the North American box office and fourth among the week's new releases.[3] It closed a month later, having grossed $3,825,421 domestically and $1,519,662 overseas for a worldwide total of $5,345,083, coming well short of its $7.5 million production cost.[4]

Critical response

The Real Cancun received generally negative reviews from critics (with Varietys Scott Foundas causing to remark in his review that The Real Cancun billed itself as "the first reality feature film" is "apparently ignoring last year's ").[5] On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 35% score based on 88 reviews, with an average rating of 4.2/10. The site's consensus states: "The footage is predictable and rather tame, and most of the people are uninteresting."[6] Metacritic reports a 34 out of 100 rating based on 24 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[7] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C−" on an A+ to F scale.[8]

Awards and nominations

The film was nominated for Worst Picture and Worst Excuse for an Actual Movie (All Concept/No Content) at the 24th Golden Raspberry Awards. It lost both awards to Gigli for the former and The Cat in the Hat for the latter.[9] [10]

Thematic analysis

Carol Siegel, a professor of English and American Studies at Washington State University Vancouver, interpreted The Real Cancun as about society's expectations of juveniles' sexual behaviors; despite visuals such as near nudity and simulations of the act, the characters try to present themselves as being abstinent and not "slut"-ty, and only two couples make love by the end.[11]

Aftermath

A reality movie based upon the Girls Gone Wild video series that MGM bought the rights to was never put into production, while the Universal Pictures effort Drunken Jackasses: The Quest was delayed after the flop of Cancun[12] and ultimately went straight to video.[13] [14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Real Cancun Review - Read Variety's Analysis Of The Movie The Real Cancun. Variety. April 20, 2020. March 16, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100316045522/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117920552.html . dead.
  2. Web site: The Real Cancun . TV Guide . August 3, 2020 . April 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230426120246/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-real-cancun/review/2000006583/ . live .
  3. Web site: Weekend Box Office Results for April 25-27, 2003 . . . April 28, 2003 . November 29, 2016 . March 8, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170308143006/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2003&wknd=17&p=.htm . live .
  4. Web site: The Real Cancun (2003) . . . November 29, 2016 . November 30, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161130190054/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=realcancun . live .
  5. https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117920552.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0 The Real Cancun
  6. Web site: The Real Cancun (2003) . . . November 29, 2016 . November 30, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161130190551/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/real_cancun . live .
  7. Web site: The Real Cancun Reviews . . . November 29, 2016 . September 15, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170915094736/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-real-cancun . live .
  8. Web site: CinemaScore. CinemaScore. 21 September 2020. January 19, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150119025202/http://www.cinemascore.com/. live.
  9. Web site: 2004 Razzies - Photo 1 - CBS News . . January 26, 2004 . August 3, 2020 . June 15, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210615235333/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/2004-razzies/ . live .
  10. Web site: - 2004 Razzies - CBS News . . January 26, 2004 . August 3, 2020 . April 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230426120228/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/2004-razzies/2/ . live .
  11. Book: Siegel, Carol. 2005. Goth's Dark Empire. Indiana University Press. 9780253111562. August 19, 2021. April 26, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230426120228/https://books.google.com/books?id=CeMJxSjeOckC&dq=%22The+Real+Cancun%22&pg=PA188. live.
  12. Web site: My Year of Flops Case File #56: The Real CancunAV Club . August 7, 2007 . August 3, 2020 . September 21, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200921165414/https://film.avclub.com/my-year-of-flops-case-file-56-the-real-cancun-1798212173 . live .
  13. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/04/fashion/04WILD.html?ei=5007&en=cdf42db840ca69e2&ex=1396414800&partner=USERLAND&pagewanted=print&position= The Very Long Legs of 'Girls Gone Wild'
  14. https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-04-27-box-office-usat_x.htm Moviegoers resoundingly reject reality of 'Cancun'

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