Film

I'm So Excited!

Name: I'm So Excited!
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2013
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz, Coté Soler, Antonio de la Torre, Hugo Silva

Comedy

Pedro Almodóvar's airborne comedy traps a planeload of Spanish eccentrics in a flying metal tube with broken landing gear. It's a high-camp musical fever dream—gorgeous, ridiculous, occasionally touching—where every passenger has a secret and the cabin crew treats imminent disaster as a styling opportunity. For anyone who loves colour, melodrama, and characters who wear their neuroses like couture.

TMDb rating

2.8

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