Rent Cuban Fury (2014)
3.2 of 5 from 285 ratings
1h 34min
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- Synopsis:
- Beneath Bruce Garrett's (Nick Frost) under-confident, out-of-shape exterior, the passionate beating heart of a salsa king lays dormant. Only one woman his smart, funny and gorgeous new boss Julia (Rashida Jones), can reignite his Latin fire. But she's way out of his league, and with expert lothario and alpha-male office nemesis Drew (Chris O'Dowd) in rampant pursuit, can Bruce's loyal sister (Olivia Colman), childhood dance mentor (Ian McShane), and crazy new amateur salsa pal (Kayvan Novak) help him unshackle his dancing beast, regain his long lost fury and claim the love of his life?
- Actors:
- Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O'Dowd, Ben Radcliffe, Ian McShane, Isabella Steinbarth, Brandon Robinson, Louis Kyriacou, Kieran Gaffney, Steve Oram, Alexandra Roach, Olivia Colman, Janine Wood, Rory Kinnear, Tim Plester, Kayvan Novak, Susana Montero, Yanet Fuentes, Michael Keat, Archibald Easton
- Directors:
- James Griffiths
- Producers:
- James Biddle, Nira Park
- Writers:
- Jon Brown, Nick Frost
- Studio:
- StudioCanal
- Genres:
- Comedy, Romance
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 09/06/2014
- Run Time:
- 98 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Behind the Scenes Featurette (64 mins)
- Feet of Fury Featurette
- Out-Takes
- Beian's Ball Sweat
- Deleted Scene
- Stills Gallery
- Cast Commentary
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Reviews (1) of Cuban Fury
Limp little British comedy effiort about salsa dancing - Cuban Fury review by PV
I like Nick Frost, Ian McShane and Olivia Coleman, but for me not even this acting talent could save this limp little film.
Perhaps it didn't do anything for me as I have no interest in Salsa or dancing generally.
But anyway, the storyline is weak and predictable, and the laughs come mainly from Frost falling over, and also the camp Iranian dancer (they get the accent 100% right here - unlike the BBC usually whose foreign accents are usually pure drama school fake).
A silly karate-style sequence tested my suspension of disbelief too.
It's the sort of film comedy we are always making in the UK: it thinks it is really funny, but isn't. I always wonder why we can't emulate the snappy funny 90 minute comedies that the US puts out regularly. Just never seems to happen.
Worth a watch though. Not terrible, but not good either, and it really loses momentum towards the end. 2 stars.
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Critic review
Cuban Fury review by George Hooper - Cinema Paradiso
In the time Nick Frost has been gracing our screens his comedy has never really changed, sure in Spaced he was a little nuttier than the average Frost character but he still infused his comedy with the same kind of pacing and delivery we know him well for. Cuban Fury replays many of his old classics and displays them like they are something new and magical. It doesn’t take long for this to become abundantly clear, especially when the films premise is so completely idiotic.
Cuban Fury follows Bruce (Frost), a regular office worker who is living a life of routine as he hides behind his quiet life from the things he left behind a long time ago. However when Julia (Rashida Jones) arrives at work he finds himself reawakening something inside him as he remembers his days as a salsa dancer in his youth. With this new found confidence and vigour he decides to get out of his rut and reignite his passion for salsa.
While the film has some interesting dance sequences and a great antagonistical bromance going between Frost and Chris O’Dowd who plays his competitive and ever so slightly annoying co worker Drew, the film never has the guts to take any risks, its jokes are stale and it seems like director James Griffiths knows it. He hides the comedy behind layers of subtext and avoids delivering the punchlines instead option to concentrate on the music, the rhythm of the film and while thats commendable to think about movement and pacing in a film about dance it does mean the film isn’t actually a comedy.
Although a supporting role by Ian McShane seems to suggest otherwise as he makes even bad jokes entertaining this is strictly a romance and while most would believe it is between Bruce and Julia I’m here to tell you it is Bruce’s love of dance that really makes this film watchable as Frost really gets into it, embracing every little moment of athleticism and oddly enough, sex appeal. My point is, stay for the dancing, cringe at the humour.