“Rating” of films by Javier Fesser: “The Miracle of P. Tinto”, “Camino” or “Champions”?

One of the most talented Spanish directors and perhaps the most underrated because of the genre of films he makes. Javier Feser. His completely brazen and surreal humor does not attract much attention from professional critics, who are only looking for great dramatic works. It’s not that his still-short filmography consists solely of unforgettable stories, but more than one falls into that category, and his audiovisual output is amazing.

Making people laugh well, besides different sensitivities, is not properly respected. And looking beyond his feature films, one finds that he gave us the funniest article about astronauts we can find; or some incredibly hilarious bullshit about depression. But the fact is that two of his films won in Goya: Roadin 2009, D Championsin 2019 AND Mortadelo and Philemon vs. Jimmy the Lustful was featured in the animation section in 2015.

In addition, his short Bandage and great idea (2004) surprised us by the fact that nominated for an Oscar 2007. He deserves more. “I blindly believe that humor is a tool for connecting and telling great truths and understanding great tragedies,” he said in 2020. I suppose that laughter is very seriousLaugh a lot, really, and be comfortable doing it.”

Score by specialized critics from Sam Raimi

it ranging the best films of Javier Fesser according to information from the region rotten tomatoes for critics:

1. Champions (2018): GPA 6.4 out of 10 in 12 reviews.
2. Mortadelo and Philemon vs. Jimmy the Lustful (2014): average 5.4 in 5 reviews.
3. Road (2008): average 5.1 in 8 reviews.

No data on Miracle P. Tinto (1998) nor The Great Adventure of Mortadelo and Philemon (2003) neither sad stories (2020).

Moviegoers Opinion Rotten Tomatoes

Anonymous users who vote on Rotten Tomatoes leave us this result about Javier Fesser’s work:

1. Miracle P. Tinto: average score 4.4 out of 5 with over 500 votes.
2. Champions: half four with over 50 votes.
3. sad stories: half 3.9 with less than 50 votes.
4. Road: half 3.8 with over 1000 votes.
5. Mortadelo and Philemon vs. Jimmy the Lustful: half 3.4 with less than 50 votes.
6. The Great Adventure of Mortadelo and Philemon: half 3.1 with over 250 votes.

Opinion of moviegoers IMDb

On the other hand, here are the numbers that IMDb gives us about what the public thinks of Javier Fesser’s films:

1. Road: average score 7.4 out of 10 with 5053 votes.
2. Champions: half 7.2 with 10,147 votes.
3. Miracle P. Tinto: half 7.1 with 3998 votes.
4. sad stories: half 6.6 with 1679 votes.
5. Mortadelo and Philemon vs. Jimmy the Lustful: half 6.4 since 1971 vote.
6. The Great Adventure of Mortadelo and Philemon: half 5.3 with 3450 votes.

FilmAffinity, the opinion of moviegoers

And finally, this is the information that FilmAffinity gives us:

1. Road: average score 7.2 out of 10 with 42,131 votes.
2. Champions: half 6.9 with 34,762 votes.
3. Miracle P. Tinto: half 6.4 with 36,544 votes.
4. sad stories: half 6.2 with 8096 votes.
5. Mortadelo and Philemon vs. Jimmy the Lustful: half 6.2 with 11,253 votes.
6. The Great Adventure of Mortadelo and Philemon: half 4.8 with 41,371 votes.

Conclusions on the best and worst in Javier Fesser

Since this is a Spanish director with little international involvement, we only have data on what critics think of the half from his feature films. Be that as it may, the one that appears as The best is Champions. For Rotten Tomatoes voters, though, it’s more important than her. Miracle P. Tinto; and from the point of view of the staff of IMDb and FilmAffinity, this honor belongs to Road.

But the funniest thing is when, due to the lack of relevant information, critics point to the latter regarding the worst Javier Fesser. In such a case, they will most likely match three page viewers when selected. The Great Adventure of Mortadelo and Philemon fan the fire.

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