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Voy a Explotar (I'm Gonna Explode) (2008)

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Director Gerardo Naranjo transplants the myth of the last romantic couple to upper middle-class Mexico City with this vital and hectic tale of a young couple who throw caution to the wind and set out in search of their true fate. Rom�n is the son of a contemptible, right-leaning congressman. Recently enrolled in a new high school, the rebellious teen clumsily attempts to hang himself on-stage at the big talent show. Maru is the sole member of the audience to applaud, earning both students a day

Unrated, 1 hr. 46 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Gerardo Naranjo

Written By: Gerardo Naranjo

In Theaters: Sep 1, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Apr 12, 2010

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Critic Reviews for Voy a Explotar (I'm Gonna Explode)

All Critics (26) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (20) | Rotten (7) | DVD (2)

The small, sometimes confusing movie is a knowing homage to Jean-Luc Godard.

August 14, 2009 Comment

Stephen Holden

New York Times

Top Critic

I'm Gonna Explode dramatizes even as it demonstrates the maxim that you can't go home again.

August 11, 2009 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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J. Hoberman

Village Voice

Top Critic

This frustrating barebones DVD release isn't worthy of the film's aesthetic and thematic ambitions.

October 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Glenn Heath Jr.

Slant Magazine

The jazzy jump cuts and dissolves and cutesy imagery of the opening give way to long talks in a pup tent about what really bothers kids today.

January 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix

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Peter Keough

Boston Phoenix

Engrossing in parts, Naranjo does a decent job of transposing his source material.

January 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

This is mostly an unusual and imaginative, if overlong, love story.

January 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Dave Calhoun

Time Out

Anger, rebellion, romance and despair are the keynotes of this freewheeling if self-conscious picture.

January 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian [UK]

It's a tad too long, but beguiling nonetheless.

January 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Times [UK]

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Wendy Ide

Times [UK]

Naranjo strikes a nice balance between recognising the couple's naivety and honouring their romanticism, but when, in the film's later stages, they leave the rooftop behind, the plot meanders.

January 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK)

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

This confused film has its moments, but they are fewer than its longueurs.

January 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Observer [UK]

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Philip French

Observer [UK]

If ultimately little more than an extended riff on Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot Le Fou, the startling vistas, sexual awakenings and a storming soundtrack ensure it's never dull.

January 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Total Film

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Josh Winning

Total Film

It wastes the breathless pacing and nihilistic promise of the gripping opening scenes by becoming mired in unfocused melodrama and clich�. Where the project excels, though, is in the intimate camerawork and naturalistic performances.

January 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Radio Times

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Sloan Freer

Radio Times

A Mexican drama that, while nice to look at, is deeply boring.

January 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK]

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David Edwards

Daily Mirror [UK]

I'm Gonna Explode never quite explodes but it sets up a potent, sometimes funny, opposition between domestic complacency and youthful rejection, and a slow-burning love story that draws you in.

January 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Independent on Sunday

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John Walsh

Independent on Sunday

Naranjo tells his story like a real film-maker, refusing either sentiment or melodrama. But Godard looms large over the whole, as if Naranjo has digested so many classics that he isn't quite able to do his own thing without copious references.

January 5, 2010 Full Review Source: This is London

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This is London

Gritty and unpredictable, this Mexican teen drama has a terrific sense of pitch black comedy and some fiercely strong performances. But it's so grim that it leaves us a bit cold.

January 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

It sort of works by virtue of the fact that his protagonists repeatedly look to the past in their frustration with the present. Still, that perhaps says more about Naranjo than the youth of today.

January 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Scotsman

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Alistair Harkness

Scotsman

Shot in the jerky, jolting fashion that is the default setting of so much television and cinema aimed at younger viewers, it's actually too familiar.

January 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph

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Sukhdev Sandhu

Daily Telegraph

A watchable, well acted teen drama with some original, offbeat ideas.

December 31, 2009 Full Review Source: ViewLondon

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Matthew Turner

ViewLondon

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Even though it features some great dialogue, especially as Maru (Mar�a Deschamps) narrates, this darkly comic Mexican take on teen angst makes for a really dull, self-important film. I was a teenager too, not so long ago, but I really can't identify with the "issues" of the protagonists. They're not troubled souls, as

January 21, 2009

Fernando Rafael Quintero Casta�eda

Super Reviewer

The movie has all the elements to make a great story, it looks great and has some very beautiful moments of true honesty where you conncect in a fantastically painful way with its characters - the problem is that there aren't enough of those moments and most of the time the characters are actually quite fucking stupid and annoying.

January 20, 2009