This story tells about two young people who seem to have a strange ambition. Both live in their 30s and are unable to finish their veterinary studies. That story began to take another turning point when Benjamin and Juan were thinking of taking some fame and money at the same time. On Christmas Eve, both decided to loot the famous National Anthropological Museum in Mexico.
August 26, 1972 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
30 November 1978, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
12 January 1961, Penang, Malaysia
19 December 1955, Recoleta, Santiago, Metropolitan Region, Chile
December 17, 2018
. Bernal is too old to play ingénue, but his commitment to the film's genuine if sophomoric passion is laudable. The film's deep patriotism is remarkable.November 15, 2018
"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.October 12, 2018
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.November 19, 2018
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.September 27, 2018
"Museo" is a fun, stylish, singular heist flick that's about so much more than the theft itself.November 14, 2018
"The second feature film by Ruizpalacios does not match the humor or the inventiveness of his extraordinary opera prima Güeros (2014), although it is not exactly a failure either".November 05, 2018
There's nobody better than [director] Alonso Ruizpalacios... to address this event in Mexican history. [Full review in Spanish]November 26, 2018
Woven with uncertainties, Museum leaves a certainty: that of the already imposing height of Ruizpalacios as a filmmaker. [Full Review in Spanish]November 26, 2018
It's a rapt and rapturous chronicle of a trip to nowhere. [Full review in Spanish]November 05, 2018
Pure magic. [Full Review in Spanish]November 16, 2018
Even after the story runs out, it's still a joy to watch.September 14, 2018
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.