I'm So Excited (15)

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I saw this yesterday in Hackney and I was amazed by the disparity in audience reaction - the row I was in was laughing fit to bust but a large chunk of the audience was clearly totally unmoved. The review is spot on, Pedro having fun in a way that he hasn't done for years. At the same time digging hard at Spain as it is today. I had made sure not to read the reviews and really just loved the ride from the beautiful credits sequence (as always in his films) to the last minute.

Just watched the film and had a great time. I did not read the reviews beforehand and I spent a nice two hours. Maybe the other reviewers are a bit homophobic...

Watched it yesterday, despite the common laughs at certain points, most people were dead silent watching while i was laughing my ass off in true spanish sarcasm and wit I must confess not one of his best movies but better than some aclaimmed american poxy boring repetitive movies

I can only assume the reviewer is giving Almodovar a passing grade here because of his previous work, as this is one of the worst films I've seen in many years. Turgid, tedious, unfunny, lacking in wit and in spatial awareness (never does it come to realising the dramatic and comic potential of being in such a confined space), amateurish and hugely boring. As another commenter says, the handful of good bits are in the trailer. Watch that and save your money. Incredibly disappointing, particularly given that the quality that Almodovar is capable of, both recently and in his earlier screwball stuff, to which I'm So Excited is but a limp imitation.

Amusing in places. The trailer shows most of the best bits.

I watched it in Wandsworth along with a silent unimpressed audience who barely laughed once, no doubt drawn like I was by Almodóvar's reputation and a witty trailer. We're used to Graham Norton and Alan Carr's clever humour whereas this just serves up some repetitive well trod clichés. You've seen the trailer, that's the best of the film, so save your money or else you won't be laughing whilst waiting for the credits to roll.

I watched it in Wandsworth along with a silent unimpressed audience who barely laughed once, no doubt drawn like I was by Almodóvar's reputation and a witty trailer. We're used to Graham Norton and Alan Carr's clever humour whereas this just serves up some repetitive well trod clichés. You've seen the trailer, that's the best of the film, so save your money or else you won't be laughing whilst waiting for the credits to roll.

I watched it in the Wandsworth World of Cinema and there was barely a titter, finishing with a rush to the exit when the first credit rolled. I went on the basis it was an Almodóvar film and the expectation it would be Graham Norton and Alan Carr do budget airlines, but it isn't. I didn't laugh once, nor did my buddy and the audience were mostly mute too. it's a Spanish Carry On film without the humour to make it funny for the English palate and lacks the sharp gay humour we have got used to with Norton and Carr. Save your money and wait for it to come out on video before you watch it with the fast forward controller. Shame, it's was Almodóvar, could've have been good.

I watched it in Spain, during my holidays over Easter. My sister and I laughed a great deal though out, while the rest of the people in the cinema stayed silent. I thought Spanish people would understand his sense of humour but then I watched it in Burgos, which is a very conservative city in north Spain. I have always understood Almodovar's sense of humour, which he uses in all his films. I am going to watch again in London next month with a group of friends to hear their reactions, as Pedro Almodovar's films are always controversial.