Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 2019
I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019 film)
Buy I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019 film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'I Can Quit Whenever I Want' is a 2019 Spanish crime comedy film directed by Carlos Thern starring David Verdaguer, Ernesto Sevilla and Carlos Santos. It is a remake of the 2014 Italian film of the same name.
Plot
Pedro, Arturo and Eligio are three university lecturers who are fired up from their jobs. Teaming up with Anabel (a lawyer turned gas station employee) and Jota (a wayward student), they find a new niche as producers and sellers of a drug originally developed by Pedro as a vitamin complex as part of a research project.
Cast
Production
A remake of the 2014 Italian film 'I Can Quit Whenever I Want' (original title: ), the adapted screenplay was penned by Cristbal Garrido and Adolfo Valor. was the director. Other crew members include Claudia Montero (music), ngel Igucel (cinematography) and Alberto de Toro (editing). The film is a Telecinco Cinema and MOD Producciones production and it had the participation of Mediaset Espaa and Movistar+. The film was shot in the Summer of 2018 in Madrid.
Release
Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 12 April 2019. The film was a box office hit in Spain, grossing over 11 million and 1.8 million ticket sales.
Reception
Manu Pin of 'Fotogramas' rated the film with 3 out of 5 stars, considering that all actors know what they are doing.
Javier Ocaa of 'El Pas' considered the film to be a farce with parodic elements, very well acted, effective in the physical humour and with great punch lines.
Raquel Hernndez Lujn of 'HobbyConsolas' gave it 60 out of 100 points, deeming it to be an "uneven and somewhat stale comedy", praising the performances of Cristina Castao, Miren Ibarguren and Ernesto Alterio, while negatively assessing that the lead trio of Verdaguer, Sevilla and Santos are neither charismatic nor funny.
Accolades
|-
| align = "center" | 2020 || 7th Feroz Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Comedy Film || ||
|}
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2019
References
Buy I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019 film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 2019