Delirious, over-the-top, gorgeous to look at and with comic timing delivered at a machine-gun pace, Spain’s My Big Night is not only the fastest-moving film of the year so far this side of “Hardcore Henry,” but one of the most entertaining as well.
My Big Night(Mi gran noche)
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Spain · 2015
1h 40m
Director Álex de la Iglesia
Starring Pepón Nieto, Raphael, Mario Casas, Blanca Suárez
Genre Comedy
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During the never-ending TV taping for a New Year's Eve program, peoples personal lives clash and eventually explode out into the open.
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The New York Times by Andy Webster
Thanks to his editor, Domingo González, Mr. de la Iglesia skillfully keeps these many balls in the air, a palpable affection for his players seeping through.
Álex de la Iglesia's film is an explosion of kitsch, an intensely formalized mixture of farce and tragedy.
The A.V. Club by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
My Big Night, pitched in a state of perpetual frenzy, whiffs out in its ending.
Acid drips from every line and visual gags double as celebrity commentary while still delivering sublime slapstick. Even if it sometimes stops making sense, My Big Night never loses its sensibility.
Los Angeles Times by Michael Rechtshaffen
De la Iglesia, a filmmaker known for his dark comedies, ultimately has nowhere to take this breathless ode to Fellini and his own mentor, Pedro Almodóvar, as well as backstage showbiz satires like Robert Altman's "The Player" and Michael Hoffman's "Soapdish."
Miami Herald by Rene Rodriguez
The movie has an exhilarating energy that is never exhausting, and the filmmaker’s trademark excesses, although toned down, are still at play. The meek should be wary; for everyone else, it’s party time.
RogerEbert.com by Simon Abrams
The premise of My Big Night is fine, but the film's execution is what really sells it.
Philadelphia Inquirer by Tirdad Derakhshani
Iglesia's riotous film is crammed with comedic chaos.
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