Voy a Explotar (I'm Gonna Explode)

2008

Voy a Explotar (I'm Gonna Explode)

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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. Román 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 of detention. After bonding during the course of their punishment, Román and Maru grab daddy's gun, steal a Volkswagen, and hit the road bound for nowhere.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Art House & International, Drama
Directed By:

Gerardo Naranjo
Written By:

Gerardo Naranjo
In Theaters:

Sep 1, 2008 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Apr 12, 2010
Runtime:

106 minutes
Studio:

IFC Films

Cast

Maria Deschamps
as Maru

Juan Pablo de Santiago
as Roman

Pedro González

Daniel Giménez Cacho
as Eugenio

Rebecca Jones
as Eva

Martha Claudia Moreno
as Helena

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

All Critics (27) | Top Critics (9) | DVD (1)

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

Jan 5, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Dave Calhoun
Time Out
Top Critic
Anger, rebellion, romance and despair are the keynotes of this freewheeling if self-conscious picture.

Jan 5, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
Top Critic
It's a tad too long, but beguiling nonetheless.

Jan 5, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Wendy Ide
Times (UK)
Top Critic
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.

Jan 5, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

London Evening Standard
Top Critic
The small, sometimes confusing movie is a knowing homage to Jean-Luc Godard.

Aug 14, 2009 | Rating: 3/5

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.

Aug 11, 2009 | Full Review…

J. Hoberman
Village Voice
Top Critic
Spent a little too much time focusing on the ennui, and the writing played into predictability just a bit too easily.

Mar 11, 2019 | Full Review…

Amie Simon
Three Imaginary Girls
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.

Jan 7, 2010 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix
Engrossing in parts, Naranjo does a decent job of transposing his source material.

Jan 5, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

David Parkinson
Empire Magazine
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.

Jan 5, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Edward Porter
Sunday Times (UK)
This confused film has its moments, but they are fewer than its longueurs.

Jan 5, 2010 | Full Review…

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.

Jan 5, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Josh Winning
Total Film

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

Mar 14, 2009

Overall dissapointing, Romeo & Julia adaptation that started well but suffered from a poorly written scenario, the last 30 minutes of the film was full of cliche's, the ending was very unoriginal. The editing was excellent though and I appreciated the hand camera shots (which was also used a lot in Narajno's previous effort that I liked more: 'Drama/Mex') but the direction really could have been better.

William H Super Reviewer
Jan 21, 2009

Even though it features some great dialogue, especially as Maru (María 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 the film desperately wants you to believe, they're just whiny and immature brats. Frankly, a whole movie about Román's (Juan Pablo de Santiago) parents, played by Daniel Giménez Cacho and Rebecca Jones, would have been much better. Their presence, along with the strikingly beautiful cinematography, are the only worthy aspects of this so-called drama. In the end, I was almost tired from rolling my eyes so much. And they criticize me for not believing in Mexican cinema...

Fernando Rafael Q Super Reviewer
Jan 20, 2009

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.

Quinto W Super Reviewer