I'm So Excited
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: June 28, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
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60
SlateDana StevensJun 28, 2013
Nevertheless, I’m So Excited (in Spanish, the title is Los amantes pasajeros, meaning both “the fleeting lovers” and “the passenger lovers”) looks fabulous, talks dirty, and sometimes makes you laugh, which is really all you can ask of a fleeting lover. Read full review
60
NPRElla TaylorJun 27, 2013
Almodovar is in party mode here, and if you liked his 1990 comedy "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!" you'll probably love I'm So Excited! for its candied pastels and its impishly clever design, which transforms the plane into a theater and its galley into a staging area for those three theatrical stewards. Read full review
60
Village VoiceZachary WigonJun 25, 2013
I'm So Excited! is characterized by a distinct brand of unsuccessful yet ambitious storytelling, the kind often found in minor works by major masters. Read full review
60
EmpireDavid HughesMay 3, 2013
Whether or not the metaphorical aspects excite you, an unshakeable tolerance for high camp and lowbrow humour may be required to fully appreciate Almodóvar’s broad, bawdy comedy — even for fans of his early, funny films. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 3, 2013
It's all watchable and pretty funny, and the big setpiece is the three wildly queeny stewards Joserra, Fajas (Carlos Areces) and Ulloa (Arévalo) going into a drug-fuelled song-and-dance routine: a rendering of the Pointer Sisters' I'm So Excited. Read full review
60
Total FilmJames MottramMay 3, 2013
Full of fizz, filth and fun, I’m So Excited! is like an ’80s retro-blast. Its scattershot comedy may not impress latecomers to Almodóvar’s career, but old-school fans will love it. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianMarc MohanJul 25, 2013
The movie's fast pace, and the three gleeful central performances, keep I'm So Excited! mostly painless. But the rest of it has a whiff of the sort of desperation that can make an exclamation point in a title seem like a good idea. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyJul 5, 2013
Exuberantly campy. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJun 28, 2013
This farce set mostly aboard a transatlantic flight stuck in midair never launches. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comMichal OleszczykJun 28, 2013
A trip recommended strictly for Almodóvar's hard-core fans. Throughout the movie, I wished not so much for the plane to land, as for the movie to finally take off. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia PuigJun 27, 2013
While the plot strives to be a raunchy-clever sex farce, it feels more like a leaden repurposing of Airplane with drunken pilots, mile-high dalliances and dancing flight attendants. Read full review
42
IndieWireEric KohnJun 14, 2013
A gleefully over-the-top celebration of silliness too in love with its outrageous characters and premise to make them gel. Scene after scene features a self-satisfied kookiness akin to spending time with a terrible comic unwilling to give up the mic. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottAug 1, 2013
It's pretty obvious that Almodovar at least was having fun making I'm So Excited. Ditto for his actors, who admirably go all-in for these roles. I'm glad they're having a good time. After all, somebody has to find a reason get excited about I'm So Excited. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaJul 11, 2013
The gags are stale, the characters uninvolving and bits meant to titillate don’t. Read full review
40
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 27, 2013
The journey generally drags because the spinning characters, with their tired jokes and familiar melodramas, soon feel so mechanical, like the automated parts in an Almodóvar machine. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMay 3, 2013
I’m So Excited! is vertiginously disappointing in the way only bad films from great filmmakers can be. Read full review
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