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Offbeat crazy comedy with hilarious results but pretty embarrassing . Pedro Almodóvar brings us a very mixed bag of travellers in a life-threatening situation on board a plane flying to Mexico City. Their defenselessness in the face of danger provokes a general craziness . When it appears as though the end is in sight, the pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a plane heading to Mexico City look to forget the anguish of the moment and face the greatest danger, which we carry within ourselves .
Silly film full of bad taste , outlandish characters , embarrassing mood-pieces , fun scenes , filthy humor with continuous blow-jobs , burlesque and sense of style but not totally satisfactory , including conventional pitfalls . The picture deals with gay people , off-the-wall comedy , absurdities , mad inversions , and many other things . The movie is mediocre and turns out to be inferior to Almodovar's previous and subsequent entries . The result is undiluted absurd comedy , profanities , perverted sex with short , sharp images and a crazy strings of plots . It's a piquant look at flight attendants and pilots involving crew and passengers . There are many references to Pedro Almodóvar's universe throughout the film. The name of the plane is Chavela Blanca, in clear reference to Pedro's beloved singer and friend Chavela Vargas and to another of his most cherished friends, the late Blanca Sánchez and the air company Peninsula is shortened in the plane top wing as Pe, Penélope Cruz's renowned nickname. Nice interpretations by all star-studded cast as Javier Camera , Hugo Silva , Antonio de la Torre and full of familiar faces as Lola Dueñas as a sex-crazed medium and other delightfully played roles such as Cecilia Roth , Miguel Ángel Silvestre , Blanca Suárez , Susi Sánchez and Carmen Machi , among others . And three Hollywood/Spain super stars : Paz Vega , Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz . In fact , this movie marks Antonio Banderas's 7th collaboration with Pedro Almodóvar and Penélope Cruz's 5th collaboration . However, this will be the first time they star in an Almodovar movie together. As usual in most of Pedro Almodóvar's movies, there is a small role for Agustín Almodóvar, his brother and producer of the film, who plays a tower controller at the landing airport at the end of the movie . Atmospheric musical score by Alberto Iglesias , Almodovar's ordinary ; including a known song by the Pointer Sisters adding an amusing choreography carried out by Raul Arévalo , Carlos Arévalo and Javier Camera . Colorful and luxurious cinematography by Jose Luis Alcaine .
The motion picture was realized in his peculiar style by Pedro Almodovar ; he often uses symbolism and metaphorical techniques to portray circular story lines though here he directs a vulgar comedy . Almodovar directs throughout with splendid zip and he usually portrays strong female characters and transsexuals . His first feature film, Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980), was made in 16 mm and blown-up to 35 mm for public release . In 1987, he and his brother Agustín Almodóvar established their own production company : El Deseo, S. A. The "Almodóvar phenomenon" has reached all over the world , making his films very popular in many countries . Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodovar subsequently made successes such as Labyrinth of passions , Law of desire , Women Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown , Bad education , All about my mother , Talk to her , Broken embraces , The Skin I Live In and many others . The latest from acclaimed Spanish director , Pedro Almodovar's I'm So Excited (Los Amantes Pasajeros) is one of four films competing for the inaugural best European comedy honor during the upcoming 26th edition of the European Film Awards , getting some prizes .
score 4/10
ma-cortes 23 July 2014
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