Film Review – I’m So Excited

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.
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