Spanish cinema he does not finish hitting the correct key of the musical. Once the folkloric boom and the musicals performed to the greater glory of Marisol or Raphael have passed, the successes are counted by drops, and, except for some who dare with original songs, such as ‘La Llamada’, they are usually simple jukeboxes of previous successes, like ‘The Other Side of the Bed’. The last of these films, to the greater glory of Raffaella Carrá, was ‘Explota Explota’, with a rather anecdotal box office, and now It’s the turn of the G-Men with ‘I’m going to have a good time’which now presents a new trailer.
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David Serrano gives confidence. He has directed ‘Días de Fútbol’, ‘Días de cine’ and episodes of ‘Vota Juan’, and his are the scripts for ‘El otro lado de la cama’ or ‘El pregón’. He is solvent, funny and has expertise behind the camera, and the only question is whether August 12th people are going to want to go see the G-Men musical instead of more summery alternatives.
In ‘I’m going to have a good time’, we will see a teenage crush in the 80s: David and Layla like each other, despite David’s pathetic attempts to win her over. The love for G Men and singing their songs in the street will unite them forever. Well, “forever” is a saying, because today, Layla has won an Oscar and David is nobody, but they meet again and discover that something of that childish innocence remains… And of the love for the group. Raúl Arévalo, Dani Rovira and Karla Souza (direct from ‘How to defend a murderer’) will star in a film with very good intentions.
Already in the trailer we can hear ‘I love you’, ‘Visit our bar’, ‘Suffer sucker’ and, of course, ‘I’m going to have a good time’ in what promises to be a one-way visit to the eighties nostalgia of a group that -let’s not forget- has been active for forty years now. We’ll see if David Summers’ pace is enough to win a good box office in a week without major releases halfway between ‘Bullet train’ (the previous one) and ‘¡Nop!’ (The next). Will it come to fruition or will it end up writhing between itchy powder?