Customer Reviews

The Real Cancun

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(25)

 

 

Luckily I didn't pay to see it. The only reason why I watched it in the first place was to see some half naked hot chicks, but even in that department it was lacking.

You would think a brainless movie about spring break would at least have some hot chicks half naked. Nope. Just one wet t-shirt contest that you can watch on any episode of Wild On.

It tries so hard to be like Real World, but fails miserably, no interviews, bad editing, and the idiots who they picked to be on the movie are boring. On top of that, they seem to play for the camera, most of their dialogue is akward, as if they are only having a conversation for the sake of the movie. WTF?

If you are looking for a brainless movie with half naked chicks, fast forward to the wet t-shirt segment, watch it, then switch off the tv.

This movie was full of hot bodies, lots of booze, candid moments and somehow they even created a plot and cast of characters.

As an older college student myself, I have missed out on infamous Spring Break romps, and after seeing this film, I am definitely sorry to have missed out on it.

Prior to watching the movie, I thought it might be a loosely edited hodgepodge of drinking, hot bods and no real drama behind it. Well, I was half right.

The thing that I liked, and others may just laugh at, is that the film was edited like a scripted story. Given the drama usually seen on The Real World, it may have been, but I still liked the choices made.

There are 16 who were given the trip to Cancun, but we seem to only follow a handful of them. Bring a scorecard, because the first time you watch it's hard to keep track of everybody.

The extras offered on the DVD are good. They offer additional materials that allow the viewer to see more of the interactions that created this guilty pleasure.

This extraordinarily silly MTV "documentary" features a carefully selected group of shallow, stupid, unsympathetic, unlikable, allegedly good-looking Americans in their early twenties who are celebrating spring break in Cancun, Mexico. There are altogether too many of these beach boys and beach girls---we never get to know them as people; with the exception of the two male African-American friends, they are completely without charm or appeal. They have nothing interesting to say and seem to have no identity. Each one of them complains about their relationships and how difficult it is to find "the right person," and I was completely indifferent to their personal problems. There is absolutely nothing about these people to make them seem interesting---they are characterologies, cardboard-cut out figures, stereotypes.

There is only one good thing about this film (hence the two-star rating): the wet T-shirt competition.

MTV apparently thought: "Let's place a camera in front of these people! Hedonism and fun will ensue!" It didn't work. The film is BORING. Very often it is IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL what is going on. The "climax" of the film has the participants "hooking up"---strangely enough, they are "hooking up" with their clothes on. This conclusion was obviously contrived by the MTV staff, who wanted the film to end... in some way or another! The participants don't even seem to be having fun. Watching THE REAL CANCUN is a bit like watching someone ELSE's home movie and wishing you were somewhere else.

Even if you like Snoop and alternative music, the music soundtrack of this film is just awful.

Aimless, pointless, stupid.

Here is the proof for why the rest of the world hates us. After seeing these mindless, soulless sex-crazed pod people parade around like they were GODS in this sad excuse for a movie, I can see why America is viewed by others as an evil country. What exactly do we value anymore?

Ok. This movie has to be one of the WORST movies ever! Its about 16 college students and their spring break vacation in Cancun, Mexico. It's extremely embarassing and degrading, though most guys will probably enjoy this trash. Basically, this is a more professional verson of "Girls Gone Wild", only with guys included. It's just a watered-down porn flick for the theaters. It's not even worth watching. I would really give this zero stars. Its amazing what they can get away with these days.

I can't for the life of me understand why the people who gave this movie 1 star would even bother watching this in the first place.I have no problem people giving bad reviews on movies, but surely these people knew what sort of movie this was going into it, so if it was'nt your type of thing, why even watch it? All i have to say about the movie is, i thought it was just good, harmless fun, a film that does'nt take itself nowhwere near as seriously as some of the reviewers do.

This movie (and I use the term loosely) is utterly pointless. Instead of an entertaining romp, the filmmakers have given us the longest parental advisory of all time. I am sure the families of these kids are pretty darn embarrassed (especially the parents of the twins Brittany and Roxanne ... I wouldn't be surprised if their folks took them out of college and forced them into a convent.) The situations are contrived and don't even seem real (guy comes to spring break in his glasses and never having touched alcohol and does one shot, and blammy! He's a man for the ages.) There is a young women named Sky who is very dull and only gives long "what are you talking about?" looks while we endure the most boring flirtation of all time. There are the cookie-cutter blonde girls whom you can't even tell apart who only seem interested in sex and wear cheap eye shadow (and one of them actually says, "I thought you were different.") The guys are supposed to be studly, but are just wretched (one of them clearly tweezes and shapes his eyebrows) and don't get me started on the guy who is an aspiring model; he comes across as one of the most disgusting of them all. Instead of being light-hearted, this is a depressing movie to be avoided at all costs.

On a whim I decided to watch "The Real Cancun" having missed its all to short theatrical release. I am positive I am older than the target audience but "The Real World" and "Road Rules" were brand new when I was in college in the early 1990's and I was a fan of both those series.

This movie was edited very poorly. There are way too many characters to keep track of, and the audience cannot possibly know or care about any of them. The movie follows a simple pattern. We'll start to get a glimpses into some of the characters but then it reverts to a collage of party and beach scenes, followed by a insight from another character then more partying. The movie can't even decide if it cares about any of these kids or if it just wants to be some sort of skin flick, although it doesn't succeed there either because not much skin is shown.

The movie does depict more than a few of the kids in situations they are sure to regret when they are older, especially since the behavior is chronicled and will be available in bargain dvd bins for years to come. The twin girls (I forget there names) come off especially bad.

The extras include interviews with some of the cast members at a premier party. This is especially interesting because they all look mortified. There are several deleted scenes, most of which are boring. There is one scene that I am curious as to why it was excised from the movie and that is the women's wet t-shirt contest. It is a little more raunchy than anything else in the movie (thanks again to the twins), but a little raunch didn't faze the other hour or so of the movie so I continue to be curious as to why it was left out.

In the end this movie has little to recommend it and if you never see it you will not have missed anything important.

What a piece of crap!! I saw this in the movie theatre and my biggest regret was that I didn't leave in the first five minutes. There are no words in the english language that can adequately describe how horrible this movie was/is. Just rotten. I am not the type of person who reviews movies here, but this was so bad I just had to let people know. I can almost guarantee that the people giving this 4 and 5 stars are really the director or from the studio. Only a very very STUPID person could enjoy this movie. It isn't even worth describing here. This movie is not what they says it is. This is so bad that they should not make a penny on this film....PLEASE don't buy this sh*t, it will only encourage them to do more awful work. If I could sue them to get my money back from the ticket I bought to see this, I would!

I haven't yet seen a MTV movie worth giving a good rating. And after seeing this I see their getting even more desperate. Give it up already.

I lost many brain cells watching this crap for crap movie. Don't waste your time. If your into that sorta thing and you want to see naked people, cut out the middle man and just find some porn. It would be less embarassing to be seen getting that than this.