Odd, intermittently amusing but wholly unsatisfying, an oddball experiment that simply doesn't work.
– Tom Huddleston,
Time Out,
6 Jun 2012
fresh:
As a low-budget independent not necessarily intended for a broad audience, Casa doesn't have to bow to the middle-of-the-road multiplex appeal that handcuffs many SNL-pedigreed films. That works to the film's great benefit.
– Ian Buckwalter,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar 2012
fresh:
I tend to be amused by Ferrell in most circumstances, and the things I like about him - his bizarre sensibilities hidden beneath a mainstream exterior, his unwavering sincerity regardless of his characters' absurdity - are on display here.
– Eric D. Snider,
Film.com,
17 Mar 2012
rotten:
I regard Casa de Mi Padre as an interesting but failed experiment.