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Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law

Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley

1998

Santiago Segura

Santiago Segura, Javier Cámara, Neus Asensi, Chus Lampreave ...

5.8

63,633

Comedy Torrente is a lazy, rude, drunkard, sexist, racist, extreme-right-wing Madrid cop; a despicable character who only cares about himself. He lives in a decrepit slum with his wheelchair-bound father, whom he treats quite badly. One day, a new family of neighbours move in, and the sexy younger daughter, Amparito, catches his eye, so he becomes a friend of Rafi, her nerdy brother, to get closer to her. At the same time, he discovers that a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jonathan Holland Variety	"A tremendously enjoyable comedy-thriller that comes with top production (...) Home auds will love it"	POS
Canada	Todd Brown Screen Anarchy	"Though it boasts some undeniably funny moments Torrente is such an unpleasant character and so thoroughly one dimensional that the joke gets old fast"	NEU

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