It’s been a long time since musical cinema seems to be out of fashion in Spain. There are honorable exceptions like ‘The Other Side of the Bed’which I still don’t know why a boom towards this kind of shows didn’t start in our country, or ‘The call’, but very few are made, hence it’s a joy that a title like ‘I’m going to have fun right’.
Directed by David Serranowho had previously tried his luck in the musical film with the somewhat forgotten ‘One more hour in the Canary Islands’ -without forgetting that he also wrote both ‘The other side of the bed’ and ‘The 2 sides of the bed’-, ‘I’m going to have a good time’ is a refreshing film that manages to infect the viewer with the enthusiasm of its protagonists, thus making incidentally honor its title.
Lovely
Set at two different times -the end of the 80s and the present-, ‘I’m going to have a good time’ once again resorts to the romance as the great thread of the story, playing at all times with the idea of a childhood love that never materialized and the possibility of closing the circle today. All this always from humor.
However, the most enjoyable part of the show is the part from the past, both because of its approach to the childhood dynamics of the time -although everything related to bullying is soon left aside, something logical since it is a brighter film and optimistic than, for example, ‘Cobardes’- as, above all, by the great casting job done to choose the kids that appear in ‘I’m going to have a good time’.
It’s not just that Izan Fernandez is very solvent carrying the dramatic weight of the story, is that all of them maintain that naivety and spontaneity necessary for everything to flow, thus making the fact that they are not great singers a minor issue. That enthusiasm to which I alluded before more than makes up for it, but it would not be fair to single out Rodrigo Gibajawhose character here almost seems like a child version of the unforgettable Juancarlitros from ‘No controls’, to the point that I wish they had signed Julian Lopez to give life to his adult version.
More virtues of ‘I’m going to have a good time’
In addition, it is true that some of the songs of Hombres G are a bit involved in history in that way, but what really matters is that they fit together and that is not how a mere collection of emblematic songs ends. That somewhat traditional touch to the choreographies also suits the film well, like the fact that the action moves away from Madrid and takes us to Valladolid. Of course there are places and stories to tell in the capital, but it is much appreciated when a filmmaker remembers other places in our country and also integrates it into history instead of being a mere anecdote.
For the rest, the adult part has some more bitter details than the somewhat idyllic childhood that it presents, but always maintaining that good vibe that ‘I’m going to have a good time’ transmits at all levels. In addition, the presence of Serrano in the script is also more noticeable there by offering a more varied portrait of both the friendship of the group of friends and what it means to be an adult. Eye, do not expect a deep X-ray, but yes stimulating enough to add another layer of interest to the movie.
Nor do I forget that time jumps are played very well, especially when it comes to when to introduce the adult version of certain characters, because, let’s be fair, there the almost absolute protagonists are Raul Arevalo and Karla Souza. I’m yet to see a bad performance for the first, while the second is much more inspired here than ‘Day Shift’, a film that, curiously enough, Netflix has released on the same day as the theatrical release of ‘I’m going to have a good time’ and that I already I say that it is far from the best cinema on the platform this year.
In short
‘I’m going to have a good time’ is an ideal film to add a dose of joy to your life and also a proposal with such charm that it is not worth stopping to think about the drawbacks, which there are. If you’re looking for a feel good movie that’s worth it, here it is.