Kiki, el amor se hace

It took me quite a while to realise that this is a remake of The Little Death, an Australian film that I had seen just a year or so ago. That's how forgettable the original is. I avoid remakes like the plague, but this one caught me by surprise. I watched it until the end, fairly entertained, whereas the original quickly bored me.

Perhaps this is because The Little Death tried to be edgy and failed, when Kiki feels more natural, relaxed, and cute. Perhaps the Spanish acting is better, but I'm not going to rewatch the original to ascertain.

Anyway, it's still not good enough to recommend warmly, although it's possible that I would have rated it 1 point higher if it was not déjà vu. It didn't make me laugh, but it did make me smile plenty.

I very rarely write reviews here in IMDb, but for this title I really felt compelled. Hope this is useful for the community.

Kiki is a remake of a comedy released only 2 years before called The Little Death, which was written and directed by Australian Josh Lawson.

I think that remakes are a delicate thing. A director must have a very powerful reason to remake a movie, and to do it "because I liked it and I wanted to do it myself" isn't a good enough reason for me. There are way too many good untold stories to be told to waste money and talent re-telling stories that were told yesterday, just for the sake of it.

The Little Death is an amazing movie. It's light, intelligent, subtle, funny, well written. It's the kind of movie that leaves a smile on your face for a long time. It also has in my opinion one of the funniest scenes on the history of the cinema - and by reading reviews and comments I noticed that this opinion is shared by many people.

Unfortunately Kiki couldn't manage to improve it at all. In fact what it did was to make it vulgar. Kiki is just full of fowl language. The smart dialogues and the innuendo present in the first movie became a stream of f-words, swearing, in-your-face jokes that simply didn't work for me. The movies aren't identical. Kiki does throw some 10-15% of new or original elements into the plot, but these are the weakest parts of the movie. They are not funny or smart, and sometimes they're plain gross.

When I consider what Kiki made with the original movie, I can only feel that The Little Death vs Kiki is like Woody Allen vs. Eddie Murphy. It's Charlie Chaplin vs Charlie Sheen. It's intelligent vs. in-your-face humour. That's what Kiki managed to put on top of Lawson's story. All the cleverness you'll find within Kiki (and I'm not saying there's none) came from Lawson's script. The original elements... they're just weak.

In Kiki the acting is inferior, the way the stories are weaved is much less interesting. The casting is way, way inferior. Lawson managed to create a magic chemistry with his casting that's nowhere to be found in Kiki. Not by a long shot.

Kiki is not a bad movie in itself. And it's very beautiful visually. But when a movie is a remake, comparing it to the original one is something that's unavoidable. And Kiki failed to improve The Little Death in any sense.

My suggestion: if you haven't seen any of them, watch The Little Death first! If you watch Kiki first, it'll ruin the novelty and the joy of watching the - much superior - original title.

This curiously sensual comedy by Paco León is a humorous take on some moderately hilarious views on modern-day sex and it gives more profanity and bad taste into the lives of people who could easily be our neighbours . Under Madrid's scorching summer sun , ordinary marriages and other kinds of couples enjoy real passion and the unquenchable desire to love and be loved , and explore their very surprising relations along various stories full of twisted sex and romances . In other words , the couples revolving around their complex relations , trying to find the road to happiness and determined to part with the social or self-imposed restrictions , even if this means they will have to deal with unheard , rather unusual, and above all , hard to pronounce philias . As Paco (Paco León) and Maria ( Ana Katz) are a couple looking for reactive passion of their sexual relations . Jose Luis (Luis Bermejo) tries to recover the affections of his wife Paloma (Sayago) sit down on a wheelchair after an accident which has limited her mobility , then the hubby making love her when she's sleeping , previously by taking sleep pills . While Natalia (Natalia de Molina) is a girl who can only find pleasure in her suffering , as she gets excited when is submitted to violent attacks or raping and then her husband Alejandro (Alex Garcia) prepares a ploy . Mª Candelaria (Candela Peña) and Antonio (Luis Calleja) are a marriage trying by all way to be parents , but she has the trouble that no get an orgasm when make love with him, as she will stop at nothing to have a baby . A lonely call centre operator (Alexandra Jimenez) in permanent search for a man , is caught in the middle of a dirty and chaotic phone call , and eventually he falls by the deaf-mute who called . ¨Kiki el amor se hace¨ explores why do we want what we want? How far will we go to get it? What are the consequences of that fleeting moment of sexual ecstasy? After all, if there is wood, a spark and a will, the flame will start burning again. A comedy about sex . Sexual hangups and all that jazz . A festive erotic comedy from Paco León ! Some secrets lead to pleasure ! Sexy, daring, transgressive , brightly coloured and very funny ! An upbeat, vibrant crowd-pleaser! Everything you never knew you wanted to know about sex...

A not very original comedy in which we peer behind the closed doors of a seemingly normal suburban street , dealing with sex , love , relationships and taboo and that's why this Spanish film 'Kiki, el amor se hace' (2016) results to be an adaptation of 'The Little Death' 2014 by Josh Lawson . The title comes from an euphemism for orgasm , originally Kiki . As several couples will attempt to shed all inhibitions and delve deep into their well-hidden desires , sexual fantasies or rather fetishe s, with sexual experiments spin out of control and sharing the same irrepressible urge to investigate their own sexuality . These roles bear diverse type of paraphilia and usually have the same name as the actor playing the character . All of them love , fear , live and explore their obscure paraphilias . It is just a drama-comedy-romantic movie about sexual fantasies , fetishism and relationship which was regularly crafted , including a lot of obscene reference , jokes , intercouse , and nudity . All the segments and narratives are unique, fun , but silly and disconcerting .

It packs a lively and agreeable musical score by Al Acosta. As well as colorful and brilliant cinematography by Kiko De La Rica . The latter is considered to best one of the best Spanish cameraman and Alex de la Iglesias's regular . As he has photographed important films , such as : Los crimenes de Oxford , La Comunidad , La chispa de la vida , Witching and bitching , Francisco el padre Jorge , Blancanieves , Dias de futbol , Dias de cine . This quirky , unusual , dramatic and funny , at times , was middlingly directed by Paco León . Paco is a good actor who has played various films as main actor or secondary , such as : 3 Bodas de más , Embarazados , Toc Toc , La Tribu , Dieta mediteranea , Reinas , Sexy Killer. He has also directed a few movies , such as : Carmina o Amén , Carmina y revienta and episodes of TV series as Acaros and Arde Madrid . Rating : Mediocre 4.5/10 .

Great underrated Spanish comedy. It gives the viewer and inside look at the journey of sexual exploration of different couples, and how their philias are viewed by society.

What in most cases society will consider bad taste or taboo to even talk about, we get to enjoy in a kinky and hilarious turn of events in this comedy.

Thought the movie was hilarious and different, in a good way. It was great to see a different perspective on sexuality, what makes people tick, and laugh and enjoy each persons uniqueness. Watch the first 10 minutes, see if you like it, and if so I think you´ll enjoy the movie. A lot of fun!