“I’M SO EXCITED” My rating: B-
95 minutes | MPAA rating: R
“I’m So Excited” is the gayest movie of Pedro Almodovar’s career.
Which is another way of saying that it’s really, really gay.
It’s also amusing and wacky in a lightweight, breathless way that so reminds me of one of Almodovar’s earlier classics that it could have been called “Flight Attendants on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.”
All is quiet and peaceful on Peninsula Airlines Flight 259 from Madrid to Mexico City. Everyone in economy class is fast asleep. You can tell by the snoring, farting and drool collecting in the corners of the passengers’ mouths.
This is because of the muscle relaxant with which their drinks have been spiked by the three male cabin attendants.
You see, there’s a problem with the plane, one that could kill everyone on board. And rather than deal with a bunch of panicked travelers, the business-class crew — Fajas (Carlos Areces), Joserra (Javier Camara) and Ulloa (Raul Arevalo) — have defused the situation with pharmaceuticals.
Now these three are busily self-medicating with tequila and weed — and letting their gay sensibilities have free reign. At this point there’s nothing to lose…which may explain why they attempt to distract the passengers still awake with a fully choreographed lip sync version of the Pointer Sisters’ “I’m So Excited.”
“I’m So Excited” unfolds while the plane flies circles over Spain and the authorities on the ground try to find an open runway for a crash landing.
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