Club de Cuervos

It is a real gem. Loved the mix of Mexican, Spanish, Argentinian, Colombian etc actors and, implicitly, the different accents of Spanish. Got to know so much about Mexico and its people. Needless to say the next time I went to a Mexican restaurant, the first thing in the menu I wanted to try was the "elote". Watched Season 4 recently and though it was soooo good! Excellent show!

This show is a lot of fun and very well produced, as you would expect from Netflix. It is quite funny at times but I think what shines in this venture is the acting and directing (good directing to me means good acting, a good director brings out good acting). The casting is perfect especially the two principal roles played by Luis Gerardo Méndez and Mariana Treviño, the brother-sister combo. The sister is passed over for the presidency of the club and it is given to her younger half-brother after the death of their father. Chava, the half-brother is sort of a half-wit ego-maniac intent on running the club into the ground while Isabel works furiously to place her fingers in the holes in the dike left by Chava. It's a cool premise for a series with a lot of room to work, all in the posh setting of the Mexican elite. It reminds me a bit of Entourage in this manner so it sort of has a fantasy appeal for viewers, one that hopefully won't spin towards class resentment. Because this is about football there is plenty of room to play around with winning and losing. In the early episodes there is almost nothing about the game and when finally they do emphasize football in episode 6 it's the best episode up till then, by far. I am so thankful that Netflix is now making series for a Spanish audience. I hate to say it but so far it is head and shoulders above any Spanish series I have seen thus far. Add to this the excellent Narcos series and you have to think that Netflix with be the best source of content for Spanish viewers as well as others not put off by reading subtitles (I have to admit that the Mexican Spanish is a bit difficult for me at times and I wish there were Spanish subtitles).

what you'd expect It combines two of the things people likes, sex and football. it is something easy to do, the performances are good for my taste and there are very funny scenes i especially liked the character of Hugo Sanchez and the youngest guy in the team and the Argentinian guy. its "nosotros los nobles" but with football, the role of Luis Gerardo Mendez is exactly the same which is not bad, but sometimes it was very predictable. the scenes where they play football were awful , I do not think it's easy to simulate a stadium but in the series the stadium looked so fake and when they played football too. It is a series in which you must not understand anything, everything happens and you do not need to have a gram of intelligence to understand, just sit back and enjoy, you like the team and that simple. In short it is a comedy very funny parts, its not complicated comedy , they are "pastelazo" jokes and most are related with sex is so easy, it goes fast and is pleasant to see it that way. is 7 if not 6.5, if you have time and want something "fun" and easy watch this.

So far so good! It's still on going on Netflix and my hubby and I watch this and enjoy it!

Laugh so Hard with chava and Isabel, the first season is Good but the second and third seasons are the best

Loved this show from the start, and the best part is it gets better as it goes. Even if you don't appreciate or understand much about soccer, you can still enjoy this for the enterneinment. Really good show, and I'm sad that it's over :( I'll miss you Hugo Sanchez!

Which, I think was better than seasons 1 and 2. Chava an Isabel are fun to watch and both are great actors. Too bad the can't come to the US and star in a series. Although I don't understand a word of Spanish I enjoy listening to the characters' speech patterns. NetFlix has hooked me on foreign series and movies. Thank God for CC. Yay!!! The fourth season just started. I know what I'll be watching for the next few days. I think this is one of NetFlix's best series. Most of the foreign series are really good but Club de Cuervos is outstanding. Hope it keeps going a few more years. The actors are really good. Jan. 27, 2019 Just finished season 4. Great. Please make plans for seasons 5, 6, 7. It would be fun to see Chava in New York. I thoroughly enjoyed this from the beginning of season 1 to the end of season 4. Whoever cast the actors is a genius because everyone fit exactly who they were playing. Thank you Netflix and thank you Mexico.

From the creators of the mega hit "Nosotros Los Nobles", comes the first Latin American Netflix Production. As such the responsibility to deliver a great show was immense, and it was absolutely met. We are taken behind the curtains of an important Mexican Soccer team, the Cuervos Football Club, in Nuevo Toledo, where the owner Salvador Iglesias has passed away ans given both his children ownership of the team, but only one will be the President of the team. The whole show centers in the personal struggles of Salvador's children, the business savvy Isabela, and party boy Chava. Full of a great cast, intricate but entertaining back stabings, treasons, drug and sex scandals... this show is a definitely MUST SEE.

I 100% loved this show. This brings out a new culture to the people who love soccer. Any soccer fan out there would love this show, and I recommend it to everyone! I enjoyed every episode and I can't wait for the second season. Since I saw a trailer on YouTube about this I was like "oh this seems like a good show" so I watched and I loved it in the first 5 minutes. This is my favorite Netflix series, tied with the show Narcos. I recommend this show to anyone who loves soccer and to people who enjoy comedies and drama. This show is so hilarious. I can only laugh at certain comedies, it's really hard for me to laugh at something and this hit me with a lot of laugh I though my stomach was gonna die or something. 10/10.

Most European based males, like myself, tend to have a (misplaced) arrogance when it comes to knowledge surrounding the continents most played sport: Football/Soccer. With in mind that Club de Cuervos/Club of Crows (2015) is a Netflix-production from Mexico, I didn't know what to expect when getting this series recommended to me. Club de Cuervos (CDC) revolves around two siblings who inherit a Mexican First-division Soccer club based in the small town of Nuevo Toledo when their father and nationwide-loved owner of the team dies. Siblings being Siblings, from day one the co-ownership turns into a power struggle between the two protagonists who couldn't be more different from one another even if they tried. Younger brother Chava Iglesias is a brass, party-loving socialite without a sense of responsibility while his sister Isabel Iglesias-Reina is more mature and focused despite having the tendency of being a bit naive. The contradiction between them makes this a little gem from the get go. The ongoing power struggle makes for great enjoyment and instant comedic situations. The on-screen chemistry between Chava (Luiz Gerardo Mendez) and Isabel (Mariana Trevino) is spot on and close to subliminal. Although most of the show is centered around Chava and Isabel there are some notable characters who make up for interesting side-stories. "Best of the rest" is without doubt Chava's asistent Hugo Sanchez (Jesus Zavala), every time this character graces the screen I'll immediately get a grin on my face at worst, at best he makes sure I'll end up on the floor laughing. The stunning Mary Luz (Stephanie Cayo) will keep all male (and probably a decent amount of females) eyes glued to the screen, her role as femme fatale and antagonist to Isabel gets bigger in season two but is pivotal to the first installment. We also get to know some of the actual Soccer playing squad members, their roles not to in-depth. Still the likes of Potro (Joaquin Fereira) and Tony (Juan Pablo de Santiago) are portrayed in a way resembling a big percentage of modern day soccer athletes (not to bright, vain and egocentric). With decent enough plot-twists, moments of full-out laughter and a stable and definitely very able cast you would be forgiven for binging the 3 season show in a weekend. Yes, sometimes CDC comes across as a "Telenovela" but it definitely will keep you entertained If you are a diehard soccer fan and have reasonable knowledge of the sport then some of the inaccuracies may put you off. But then again this just isn't a show centered around the actual sport itself but much more then that. Writing credits go to Alesia Constantini (Scrubs) and Jay Dyer (Californication) who do an excellent job as this is their first time doing a non American gig. Enjoyment: 8/10 Entertaining, comedic, plot-twists. Writing: 8/10 American based writers but very little gets lost in translation. Cast: 9/10 Main characters are superbly cast. Recurring characters can be a bit flat, whe never really get to know their background. Total 8/10 I'm out, enjoy, peace!