That was an excellent one.

Let's be realistic.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

I've seen nearly all of Pedro's films. Many of them I love. But this? This is tired, stupid, boring, disgusting, nasty, and it stinks. I could literally smell it. It's that bad. There is nothing imaginative or creative or funny here. I didn't laugh even once. There is nothing to laugh at. The characters are all awful. The dialog is awful. The story is awful. The situations are awful. This was just NASTY! That's all I can think of.

OK nobody else has apparently pointed this out yet, but the effects of mescaline are WILDLY DIFFERENT from how they are shown in this movie.Mescaline is a powerful hallucinogen similar to LSD, psilocybin, 2CB etc. It takes at least an hour before the effects are apparent and the total duration of the trip can be 10 or 12 hours. At the peak of the trip eyes are dilated, strong hallucinations, highly mystical, spiritual experiences etc. Mescaline has been used by shamans for hundreds (thousands?) of years in the form of peyote and other cactus.The passengers in this film are allegedly taking a HIGH DOSE OF MESCALINE. I doubt very much whether sex would even be possible on a high dose, let alone landing a plane. Anyone unfamiliar with hallucinogens would be freaking out. However considering the duration of the drug, the characters in this movie would not be tripping hard until well after the plane had landed.I don't expect total accuracy in a comic movie but I would have thought Almodovar could have been somewhat closer to the mark.https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/mescaline/mescaline.shtml

In recent years, acclaimed director Pedro Almodovar has turned his considerable skill and craft to fashioning magic out of melodrama; I'm So Excited! represents his return to the high camp and silliness of his earlier comedic output. Unfortunately, the final result is a mixed bag: it features moments so crazy that they approach the sublime, but there are also bits that are awkward and just don't work, however committed Almodovar and his cast - drawn from all stages of the director's fabled career - are to the concept. On a flight bound for Mexico, we meet the kooky cast of characters that make up Almodovar's boozy, drug-addled universe: a trio of flamboyant gay flight stewards - Joserra (Javier Cámara), Fajas (Carlos Areces) and Ulloa (Raúl Arévalo) - serve and imbibe alcohol in equal measure. All seems well as they entertain the first-class passengers and bait the co- captains, Alex (Antonio de la Torre) and Benito (Hugo Silva). But, when part of the aircraft's landing gear is damaged, the looming sceptre of death prompts passengers and crew alike to shed their inhibitions and secrets.In Spain, critics have lauded the film as a timely metaphor for the country, which is still struggling to get out from beneath a staggering weight of financial troubles. True enough, there's a hint of depth tucked within the raunchy jokes and alcohol fumes: Mr. Mas (José Luis Torrijo) is a crooked businessman who must decide between family and freedom, and his fellow first-class passengers include the haughty, demanding Norma (Cecilia Roth) and playboy actor Ricardo (Guillermo Toledo). Meanwhile, the entire economy section of the plane - read: the ordinary folk - has been taken out by the ridiculous shenanigans of the people in charge. But the metaphor remains too thin and fleeting to make much of an impact. Instead, I'm So Excited! busies itself with out-sized capers, best encapsulated in the hilarious song-and-dance routine that gives the film its English title: Joserra, Fajas and Ulloa's colourful attempt to lighten the mood, set to the three-part harmony of the Pointer Sisters.That high point aside, however, it's hard to tell whether to be amused or offended by the hijinks that take place onboard. After the three stewards cook up a heady concoction that plunges the entire first-class cabin into a brew of hormones and horniness, it's great fun to watch uptight family man Alex navigate his complicated relationship with the unfailingly honest Joserra. But self-professed psychic Bruna's adventure in the economy-class cabin might strike many as Almodovar taking it one risqué step too far.With this mile-high cocktail of sex and comedy, Almodovar clearly set out to shock as much as to entertain. He mixes edgy characters with outlandish situations, sometimes to wonderful effect. But, as the film unfolds, the cheerful, campy farce of it all slowly deflates, and it becomes clearer that his quirks and comedy have come chiefly at the expense of character and connection.

This is not a drama, this is a comedy, so please don't compare this movie to other Almodovar dramas. Still, this movie has many issues. It doesn't have a clear message, it tries to entertain, that's all. Is a queer comedy, sometimes it's definitely too gross and stereotyped. I have to admit I laughed sometimes, but not too much. This is not a good movie for families and bigots, of course, but I don't consider myself a bigot at all... It also looks like a movie that speaks only to a gay audience: heterosexual people are quite inexistent or depicted like stupid or repressed. I know that gay characters have a weak presence in blockbuster comedies but please... a movie where straight people don't exist is quite stupid. It looks like a tiny planet born from the mind of an old sex-centric director. I'm not giving a good evaluation because entertaining doesn't necessarily mean that you can't give a message. This movie doesn't teach too much or, if it has a lesson, it's definitely a weak one.