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The story began with a wide range of drama and suspense, in which a crime by Juan and Benjamin is reported. Juan and Benjamin are young men in their thirties and seem unable to finish their veterinary studies. Over time, both decide to take an active part in the world of criminality, both deciding on the eve of Christmas to loot the famous National Anthropological Museum in Mexico.
"Museo" is the work of a genuinely creative directorial talent, and the early family scenes, richly detailed and shrewdly acted, provide just the right emotional context for this squabbling, indecisive gang of two.
"The second feature film by Ruizpalacios does not match the humor or the inventiveness of his extraordinary opera prima GĂĽeros (2014), although it is not exactly a failure either".
Museo is in part a caper film, a heist film, and while it leans on such classics as Topkapi and Rififi the robbery has its own signature and is done in a visual style that's hypnotic.
With his characters unable to fence the goods, writer-director Alonso Ruiz Palacios has no place to turn but in the direction of head-scratching surrealism.
Moviegoers looking for the kind of zip found in an "Ocean's" movie may feel a bit lost at sea with "Museo" and its offbeat rhythms and quirky charms. But the rewards definitely will be greater, if you keep an open mind.