Mexican remakes almost as famous as the original versions

Many times the stories of film and television are so beautiful that they are replicated in other countries, and the country of tequila was no exception as there are several Mexican remakes that ended up being a big hit like the original versions, although they also gave a lot to talk about with criticisms and questions about which version is better.

the most beautiful ugly

Starring Jaime Camil and Angélica Vale, this is one of the most famous Mexican novels that ever existed, which is a rehash that tells the same story as’I’m Betty the Ugly’, the famous Colombian novel that until recently was a mega hit in the Netflix catalog until one day it disappeared from the digital screen.

Perfect strangers

Directed by the famous Manolo Caro from “La Casa de las Flores”, this Mexican film draws its story from an Italian film of the same name that was released in theaters two years earlier. Both tell the story of a group of friends holding a meeting at home, but things get complicated when they decide to play a dynamic where everyone has to leave their cell phones on the table and their intimacy is exposed overnight.

As if it were the first time

In 2004, Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, brought to the cinema a romantic and comedy film with the same title of this, and in 2019 Vadhir Derbez and Ximena Romo brought to the big screen the same love story in which a man has the task of making the girl fall in love in love with the same girl who completely forgets her existence at night.

We the noble

This is one of the Mexican movies most famous that ever existed, and its huge success gave a lot to talk about in 2013, however it’s a 1949 remake titled “The Big Skull” in which the story features a group of spoiled siblings learning how hard life is when their father teaches them a lesson. Curiously, Netflix is ​​already preparing an American version of the same storyline.

My best friend’s Wedding

In 1997 Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Rupert Everett and Cameron Diaz gave life to one of the most famous films in the genre of romantic comedy and, 22 years later, the Mexican version with four stars of the performance arrived in cinemas, among which the Spanish one stands out. Miguel Ángel Silvestre, although the film did not have the same success as the original but it caused a lot of controversy.

Don’t beat Frida

To get to the bottom of this list of Mexican movies it is inevitable to leave out one of the most controversial films that exist, which has given a lot to talk about: ‘No manches Frida’, with Omar Chaparro and Martha Higareda, which is a remake of ‘Fuck ju Göhte’, a German film from 2013 that tells the story of story of a former inmate who becomes a particular teacher to recover the loot he had hidden years ago where there is now a school.