Father There Is Only One 4
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{{Infobox film
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|Padre no hay más que uno 4|nolink=yes}}
| image = Father There Is Only One 4 poster.jpeg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Santiago Segura
| writer = {{ubl|Marta González de Vega|Santiago Segura}}
| starring = {{ubl|Santiago Segura|Toni Acosta|Martina D'Antiochia|Calma Segura|Luna Fulgencio|Carlos González Morollón|Sirena Segura|Blanca Ramírez}}
| producer = {{ubl|Santiago Segura|María Luisa Gutiérrez}}
| studio = {{ubl|Bowfinger International Pictures|Padre Cuatro AIE}}
| distributor = Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia
| language = Spanish
| released = {{Film date|2024|07|17|df=yes}}
| country = Spain
}}
Father There Is Only One 4 ({{langx|es|Padre no hay más que uno 4|links=no}}){{Cite web|website=Spanish Kaleidoscope|url=https://www.cultura.gob.es/cultura/areas/cine/mc/spanish-kaleidoscope/films/spring-summer24/father-there-is-only-one.html|title=Father There Is Only One 4 [Padre no hay más que uno 4]|date=12 May 2024|publisher=Ministerio de Cultura}} is a 2024 Spanish comedy film directed, co-written and produced by Santiago Segura, who also co-stars. It is the follow-up to box-office hits Father There Is Only One (2019), Father There Is Only One 2 (2020), and Father There Is Only One 3 (2022).
Plot
The plot follows the events unravelling in the García family upon the announcement of the engagement of the eldest daughter Sara with Ocho in her 18th birthday, with the parents (Javier and Marisa) hellbent on averting the marriage while simultaneously dealing with Carlota's new boyfriend.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/noticias/santiago-segura-nos-lleva-boda-trailer-padre-no-hay-4-1377871|website=HobbyConsolas|first=José Carlos|last=Pozo|title=Santiago Segura sigue con la saga familiar y nos lleva de boda en el tráiler de Padre no hay más que uno 4}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Santiago Segura as Javier
- Toni Acosta as Marisa{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/los-estrenos-del-17-de-julio-padre-no-hay-mas-que-uno-4|website=Aisge|date=13 July 2024|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|title=Los estrenos del 17 de julio. 'Padre no hay más uno 4: campanas de boda'. Sorpresas en familia}}
- {{ill|Calma Segura|es}} as Carlota
- {{ill|Sirena Segura|es}} as Paula
- Luna Fulgencio as Rocío
- Martina D'Antiochia as Sara
- Blanca Ramírez
- Carlos G. Morollón as Dani
- Leo Harlem as Paco
- Silvia Abril as Carmen
- Loles León as Milagros
- Carmen Conesa
- Carlos Iglesias as Agustín
- Antonio Resines
- Antonio de la Torre
- Florentino Fernández
- Vanesa Romero
- Mar Saura{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/padre-no-hay-mas-que-uno-4-trailer-reparto-sinopsis-fecha-estreno-5234035/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title='Padre no hay más que uno 4': tráiler, reparto, argumento y fecha de estreno del regreso de Santiago Segura y su familia numerosa|date=25 April 2024}}
- {{ill|Diego Arroba|es|lt=El Cejas}} as Ocho
- {{ill|Marta González de Vega|es}} as Leticia{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/trailer-de-padre-no-hay-mas-que-uno-4/|website=Audiovisual451|date=8 April 2024|title=Tráiler de ‘Padre no hay más que uno 4’}}
- Anabel Alonso
}}
Production
The film was produced by Bowfinger International Pictures alongside Padre Cuatro AIE, with the association of Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia and the participation of Netflix, Atresmedia and Crea SGR.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/padre-no-hay-mas-que-uno-4-trailer-76858/|website=ecartelera|title=Nuevo tráiler de 'Padre no hay más que uno 4: Campanas de boda' con más rostros conocidos que nunca|first=Andrea|last=Pardo Bascuñana|date=8 April 2024}} It was shot in between Madrid and Gran Canaria.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/cine/2023-10-04/padre-no-hay-mas-que-uno-cine-santiago-segura_3748187/|website=El Confidencial|date=3 October 2023|title=Santiago Segura anuncia 'Padre no hay más que uno 4' con este curioso mensaje en redes sociales|first=B.|last=Pallarés}}
Release
The film was released theatrically in Spain on 17 July 2024 by Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia.{{Cite web|url=https://cineconn.es/padre-no-hay-mas-que-uno-4-pelicula-santiago-segura/|website=Cine con Ñ|title=‘Padre no hay más que uno 4’, el regreso de la saga familiar de Santiago Segura, adelanta su estreno al 17 de julio|date=24 June 2024}} As it grossed over €860,000 (with 160,000 admissions) on Wednesday 17, it had the best opening day for a Spanish film in 9 years at the domestic box office, and the best opening Wednesday ever for a Spanish film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20240718/padre-hay-4-mejor-estreno-santiago-segura-105805451|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|date=18 July 2024|title='Padre no hay más que uno 4', mejor estreno de una cinta española en nueve años, más de 160.000 espectadores en un día|publisher=Prensa Ibérica}}
Reception
Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 40 points ('bad'), citing the "lack of wit, poor performances, dysfunctional humor and shameless product placement" as the film's worst.{{Cite web|website=HobbyConsolas|first=Raquel|last=Hernández Luján|url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reviews/critica-padre-no-hay-4-campanas-boda-1395645|title=Crítica de Padre no hay más que uno 4: Campanas de boda|date=16 July 2024}}
Pablo Vázquez of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, declaring it "a sparkling vaudeville" that ultimately offers "a consequent reflection on time and its tolls".{{Cite web|website=Fotogramas|title=Crítica de 'Padre no hay más que uno 4: Campanas de boda', vuelve la familia de Santiago Segura|first=Pablo|last=Vázquez|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a61595504/padre-no-hay-mas-que-uno-4-campanas-de-boda-critica-pelicula/|date=16 July 2024}}
Rubén Romero Santos of Cinemanía rated the film 1 out of 5 stars, writing that "one can only think that this franchise and its recalcitrant defense of an obnoxious family responds to a conspiracy to reduce the Spanish population and increase the demographic winter".{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-padre-no-hay-mas-que-uno-4-campanas-boda-5531815/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=17 July 2024|first=Rubén|last=Romero Santos|title=Crítica de 'Padre no hay más que uno 4': Santiago Segura exprime la fórmula hasta límites insospechados}}