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The Real Cancun

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34% Tomatometer 90 Reviews 30% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
The annual debauchery of college students during spring break is examined in this documentary, which focuses on 16 young Americans as they travel to Cancun, Mexico, where they indulge in voluminous consumption of sex and booze. Over the course of 11 days, the students -- including such archetypes as a ladies' man, a party girl and a virgin -- are followed by cameras as they drink profusely and attempt to hook up with as many members of the opposite sex as circumstances allow.
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Critics Consensus

The footage is predictable and rather tame, and most of the people are uninteresting.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 29, 2010
1/5
Terrible, explicit movie -- beware! Go to Full Review Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine Jun 27, 2003
2.5/4
"Girls Gone Wild" meets "The Real Wold" in miniature, with Snoop Dogg's seal of approval. Go to Full Review Peter Howell Toronto Star May 9, 2003
1/5
Hardly qualifies as a movie. Go to Full Review Jae-Ha Kim Jae-Ha Kim Jul 26, 2023
0/4
Reality not only bites in “The Real Cancun.” It smells. This film reminds me of the Onion Headline: “Girl Gone Wild Actually Just Regular Girl, Only More Insecure and Drunk.” Go to Full Review Joel Siegel Good Morning America Feb 7, 2020
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The Real Cancun promises things they don't show on television and doesn't really deliver. Go to Full Review Film Threat Dec 6, 2005
0.5/5
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Feb 3, 2015 The characters would have been interesting if they weren't shown off doing nothing but partying and screwing each other! Some hot eye candy, but nothing else! See more Sep 30, 2013 They turned the Real World into a 90 minute movie and it's as bad as it sounds. See more Apr 11, 2013 A documentary of vapid, horrible people that have nothing to contribute to humanity. Future generations can point to this as being a turning point for western civilization, in that it was indicative of its downfall into the pure, unadulterated stupid. See more Oct 27, 2012 Reality movie that sends a group of young adults to Cancun to drink as much as they want for spring break. Would have worked better as a tv show but still would have ended up as a poor man's version of Fox's Paradise Hotel. See more Oct 13, 2012 http://vits-ingthemovies.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-real-cancun.html See more May 30, 2012 A film about attractive, horny, young adults going to Cancun to get drunk, and sleep around with one another. Pretty much the plot of The Real World in the last 10 years. There, I just saved you 96 minutes of your life. See more Read all reviews
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Rick de Oliveira

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Benjamin "Fletch" Fletcher

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Roxanne Frilot

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Nicole Frilot

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Brittany Brown-Hart

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David Ingber

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The Real Cancun

(on stage, left to right, top to bottom) Jeremy, Roxanne, Alan, Sarah, Jorell, Paul, Matt, Dave, Amber, Heidi, Sky, Nicole, and Fletch all dance it up at a Mardi Gras theme party. (left to right) Laura and Roxanne discuss current events and boy trouble in New Line Cinema's reality drama The Real Cancun. (left to right) Laura, Casey, Jeremy, and Amber in front of the camera and sound men in New Line Cinema's reality drama The Real Cancun. (left to right) Alan and Laura hit the beach bar after a swim in New Line Cinema's reality drama The Real Cancun. View more photos

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Synopsis The annual debauchery of college students during spring break is examined in this documentary, which focuses on 16 young Americans as they travel to Cancun, Mexico, where they indulge in voluminous consumption of sex and booze. Over the course of 11 days, the students -- including such archetypes as a ladies' man, a party girl and a virgin -- are followed by cameras as they drink profusely and attempt to hook up with as many members of the opposite sex as circumstances allow.
Director
Rick de Oliveira
Producer
Mary-Ellis Bunim, Jonathan Murray
Distributor
New Line Cinema
Production Co
New Line Cinema
Rating
R (Strong Nudity|Partying|Language|Strong Sexuality)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 25, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 29, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.7M
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Surround
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