Film Review - I'm So Excited
July 18, 2013
Nobody disappoints quite like Pedro Almodovar. The famous, celebrated writer/director returns to his roots with “I’m So Excited,” intending to awaken his dormant sense of humor, last viewed in full bloom two decades ago in “Kika.” Spending the interim crafting immaculate melodramas and collecting awards for his work, Almodovar hopes to restore a little spark to his oeuvre with this attempt at a sex-and-midair-panic cinematic soufflé, only to come up frustratingly short in the laugh department. Although admirably bizarre and forward when it comes to the dance of the pants, “I’m So Excited” doesn’t work itself into a proper lather, showing only intermittent flashes of inspiration. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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