South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone fall headfirst into a money pit after purchasing a treasured theme restaurant from their youth. Casa Bonita Mi Amor! tells the funny, maddeningly frustrating, and eventually triumphant tale after spending an eye-popping fortune. Casa Bonita, a 50,000 square foot gaudy Mexican eatery fashioned after a Disneyland village, opened in 1974 Lakewood, Colorado, to fanfare and acclaim. It became a beloved institution before falling into disrepair and mismanagement, ultimately closing during the pandemic. Filmmaker Arthur Bradford documents Parker and Stone’s rescue efforts. What begins as a straightforward renovation spirals to calamity with hopes and dreams running into a brick wall of reality.
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