Twenty five years after "Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios", Almodòvar comes back to comedy, without losing that bad, kitsch, classic, self-quoting, ironical and pop taste which contaminates his work. Surely is a minor film in his filmography, less brilliant and less important than his 80's comedies, about which this script offers nostalgic sparks, but it's absolutely enjoyable, light, and with some exhilarating moment (gay stewards singing in playback "I'm So Excited" by Pointer Sisters is a pearl). And whether if it's true that narrative structure and meaning are missing, on the other hand the sequence of gags, paradoxical situations and various digressions is funny and still surprises for its excessive but not vulgar way to talk about sexuality, as always extreme or doubtful in his characters, played by old and new glories of Spanish cinema.
Review of I'm So Excited!
