''Father There Is Only One 2'' ( es, Padre no hay más que uno 2: La llegada de la suegra, links=no) is a 2020 Spanish

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directed by

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, which also stars in alongside

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, and

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. It is a sequel to ''

Father There Is Only One ''Father There Is Only One'' ( es, Padre no hay más que uno, link=no) is a 2019 Spanish comedy film directed and starring Santiago Segura, and scored by Roque Baños. It is a remake of the Argentine film ''Ten Days Without Mom''. The film sparke ...

'' and it was followed by '' Padre no hay más que uno 3''. It was the highest-grossing Spanish film of 2020.

Plot

Although Javier seems to have now everything under control in the family, things do no stay that way. A new

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in the family and the arrival of the

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ensue.

Cast

Cristina Pardo,

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, Lorena Berdún,

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and Sieteex make cameo performances.

Production

The screenplay was penned by Santiago Segura and Marta González de la Vega. The film is a Bowfinger International Pictures, Atresmedia Cine and Mamá se fue de viaje la película AIE. Shooting wrapped on 4 March 2020. Shooting locations included the

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and the provinces of

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and

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Release

Distributed by

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, the film was theatrically released on 29 July 2020 (a Wednesday). The film grossed

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2.14 million in its first 5 days, with some theatres still closed because of COVID-19. It became the highest-grossing Spanish release of 2020, with €12.9 million.

Reception

Raquel Hernández Luján of ''

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'' scored out of 45 out of 100 points ("bad"), considering that the sequel "repeats all the problems of the first film", but with the aggravating factor that it has nothing to tell, only rebounding a little with the "extremely powerful" comic flair of Loles León. Fausto Fernández of ''

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'' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be a superior sequel, highlighting Loles León's performance, which the reviewer found reminiscent of

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's in ''

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''. Andrea G. Bermejo of '' Cinemanía'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, finding the sequel to be less fun than the first film, even if Loles León's comic flair is all over the place.

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