A Mexican coming-of-age drama, I'm Gonna Explode (Voy A Explotar) pillages elements from some of the best Latin American flicks of the past decade or so, but falls short in emulating their success. Maru (Maria Deschamps) and Roman (Juan Pablo De Santiago) are a couple of rebellious 15 year olds, drawn to each other by a shared distrust and refusal of the adult world. They leave school and ostensibly run away, camping out atop a building where they flirt, drink, listen to music and generally act out a time honoured pubescence. Meanwhile their respective parents get together to fret about their little ones... whereupon they drink, flirt and act much like teenagers themselves.
I'm Gonna Explode starts well, tapping into the emotional quagmire of teendom, neither child nor adult but desperately seeking some sort of meaning and excitement beyond the constraints of family life. Roman rejects the perceived banality of adulthood,...
I'm Gonna Explode starts well, tapping into the emotional quagmire of teendom, neither child nor adult but desperately seeking some sort of meaning and excitement beyond the constraints of family life. Roman rejects the perceived banality of adulthood,...
- 1/4/2010
- Screen Anarchy
When I saw Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna's names as producers on at the front of Gerardo Naranjo's I'm Going to Explode I immediately got a sense of what might be in store. Young love, beautiful outcasts and a sun bleached road trip. I'm not sure what that says about the pair or the definitive themes in Mexican Cinema itself which has been blooming since the late nineties; But it sure is intriguing that a flavor and a style of film making has become so apparent, garnering all the respect it deserves, in such a short space of time. I'm Gonna Explode introduces us to Maru and Roman, social out casts in their schools, both in their own special way. Maru is bored with her world and her friends and holds a simple hatred and complacency towards everything. Roman's disposition is one more tinged with violence than boredom.
- 1/4/2010
- by Neil Innes
- t5m.com
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