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Duck Season

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91% Tomatometer 77 Reviews 78% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
Initially, adolescents Flama (Daniel Miranda) and Moko (Diego Cataño) are enjoying what promises to be an uneventful Sunday at Flama's. Then the electricity goes out. Next, they meet Rita (Danny Perea), a pretty teenage girl who lives next door, and pizza deliveryman Ulises (Enrique Arreola) -- both on their own missions. After joining forces, the four learn some eye-opening lessons about love, loneliness and what grown-up life inevitably has in store for everyone.
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Critics Consensus

This modest cinematic slice-of-life manages to subtly capture many small but resonant and truthful moments of adolescence.

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Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness Dec 27, 2006
B+
A nuanced, authentic portrait of adolescent ennui and maturation that treats pre-teen emotions with a Jim Jarmusch-ian brand of detached sympathy and bemusement. Go to Full Review David Edelstein New York Magazine/Vulture May 12, 2006
The fullness of Duck Season is in direct proportion to its smallness; its modesty makes it bloom. Go to Full Review Terry Lawson Detroit Free Press Apr 21, 2006
3/4
Effortlessly nonchalant in its observations of kids and the way the world looks to them. Go to Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com Jul 1, 2026
4/5
It's more akin to the playful and austere style of some of the new wave of Argentine cinema... than to the gravity and solemnity of much of Mexican cinema. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Gisela Savdie El Heraldo Oct 6, 2022
Convincing performances, intelligent dialogues, and a particular sense of humor. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Lawrence Ferber The Advocate May 27, 2022
There's a winning truth to this portrayal of emerging adolescent queemess -- as a confusing, awkward, yet compelling urge that's nonetheless easily set aside when a cool video game or fresh pizza is around. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Robert P @Superbad Sep 19, 2026 Duck Season = a *4* star Movie! See more HMF B @RT83358023 Sep 4, 2025 I don't understand the Tomatometer and Popcornmeter ratings for this movie. It is extremely rare that I do not finish a movie but after 30 minutes I could not continue. I enjoyed the children's characters and understood them, I appreciated the photography and the atmosphere but I could not stand the young woman and the delivery man's characters and what they were doing there. I enjoy simple and slow reflective movies such as Perfect Days and grew up on French movies. But this movie was simply boring to me. See more Mariana A @RT33967500 Dec 22, 2022 Reminded me of the solitude felt as a child when parents were away.... a solitude that was strange, mysterious, scary but also liberating... since often adults were just as distant from us [even if they were present] as life itself. The movie is quite slow so not everyone's cup of tea, it focuses more on the mundane and the little moments that might seem insignificant, but the mundane is truly what shapes our lives. See more Aug 22, 2015 Two young teen boys stay home on a Sunday afternoon while one of their mother's is out. Their plan is to eat pizza, drink Coke and play Halo, but their plan is thwarted by a power outage. They're joined by a young woman who lives down the hall who needs to use their oven, and a pizza delivery guy who refuses to leave when they refuse to pay him. Lots of shit unfolds between the four as they spend the whole day in a small apartment together. This is an amazingly entertaining little film from Mexico See more Jan 20, 2015 Original y divertida. See more Oct 27, 2014 Unique, fun and intriguing. See more Read all reviews
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Fernando Eimbcke

Director

Enrique Arreola

Ulises

Diego Cataño

Moko

Daniel Miranda

Flama

Danny Perea

Rita

Carolina Politi

Flama's Mother

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Synopsis Initially, adolescents Flama (Daniel Miranda) and Moko (Diego Cataño) are enjoying what promises to be an uneventful Sunday at Flama's. Then the electricity goes out. Next, they meet Rita (Danny Perea), a pretty teenage girl who lives next door, and pizza deliveryman Ulises (Enrique Arreola) -- both on their own missions. After joining forces, the four learn some eye-opening lessons about love, loneliness and what grown-up life inevitably has in store for everyone.
Director
Fernando Eimbcke
Producer
Jaime Bernardo Ramos
Screenwriter
Fernando Eimbcke, Paula Marcovich
Rating
R (Some Drug Content|Language)
Genre
Comedy, LGBTQ+
Original Language
Spanish
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Mar 10, 2006
Release Date (Streaming)
May 7, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$146.7K
Runtime
1h 27m
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