August 2, 201313 yr Our local reviewer liked it. Looks promising! ‘I’m So Excited’ a raunchy, hilarious mile-high ride Genre: Comedy Running Time: 89 min MPAA rating: R Release Date: 2013-06-28 By "Lewis Beale"Triangle.com An outrageous gay-centric sex farce, “I’m So Excited” features loads of raunchy sex talk and is probably the filthiest film you’ll see all year. It’s also one of the funniest. Definitely not for mainstream tastes, director Pedro Almodovar’s latest is a drug- and alcohol-fueled fantasy, in which gender-bending is normal, and there is so much in-flight sex, it seems the entire cast is flying the (very) friendly skies. Set on a plane ride from Madrid to Mexico City, the movie’s plot describes what happens after the pilots discover their landing gear isn’t working properly, and they have to circle for hours until Spanish authorities prepare an airstrip for an emergency touchdown. In order not to create a panic, the crew decides to drug the entire economy class, effectively knocking them out during the crisis. At the same time, a trio of gay flight attendants in business class – one of whom is having an affair with the plane’s bisexual captain – keeps the drinks coming, mixing some of them with whatever drug they can find onboard (a cocktail of champagne, orange juice and mescaline proves particularly popular). And in the film’s most hysterical scene, these cabaret-loving guys decide to pep up things by lip-synching a choreographed routine to the classic Pointer Sisters title song. But wait. There’s more. The co-pilot, who has had drunken sex with the pilot, is trying to figure out if he’s gay or not; one of the passengers is a Mexican hit man who winds up sleeping with his seatmate, a famous dominatrix; a man has honeymoon sex with his wife in their seats while she is totally wigged out on dope; and a virgin who claims to have psychic powers loses her virginity in a most unusual way. Detractors might say this film is another example of the ongoing decline of Western civilization. It’s unashamedly amoral, filled with ridiculously foul-mouthed characters, absolutely pro-drugs, and makes fun of everything from religion to air tragedies. It is also, thanks to a sequence in the middle set in Madrid, not always consistent in tone. And if you’re not a fan of gaudy Crayola colors – the kind that look as if they were shot for a Judy Garland musical – then this is not the film for you. But if you are the kind of person who loves blue humor at the service of camp sensibility, if you think that a trio of bitchy queens is pure entertainment and if you find numerous comments about male body parts (especially, well, you know which one) hysterical, then you are the kind of gloriously depraved person this movie was made for. So go ahead and enjoy it. Films like this one, made for your very particular demographic, don’t come around very often. http://events.triangle.com/reviews/show/14498803-im-so-excited-a-raunchy-hilarious-mile-high-ride
February 12, 201412 yr i was disappointed too... And i have seen all his movies and praise Almodóvar very much. But this film is just a shhhh
May 3, 201511 yr I agree. Here in Spain it was very badly received... quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus ...
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