Smetto Quando Voglio was the first comedy film that we watched in the Italian Film Class. I would rate it a 7/10. It was a funny film, and it had a good story and message. However, I think that it could have been funnier, but it could have been just because I didn’t relate to it as much. I don’t like gang/drug movies a whole lot and prefer romantic comedies. I could sympathize with the characters because I knew they had good intentions and were just trying to get by, especially Pietro. I don’t think it was the right way to do it and was unethical, but he also used what he knew which was chemistry and mixed chemicals together.
I think comedy is one of the best ways to bring people together. Obviously, there are disagreements in the world and between people, but comedy is a way to find a commonality between them, and it gives them something they both can laugh at. But I think there is a limit to it as well, especially when it comes to the expense of others. Some people are a little more harsher or meaner than others, and they might find someone getting hurt or being the butt of the joke funny while someone else does not. One scene that they tried to make funny that I did not find funny was when the pharmacist got shot. Thankfully, it wasn’t a serious injury, but they still tried to make light of the fact that they were threatening someone with a gun and actually shot the person. Some people had to find that funny because it ended up in the film, but I disagree.
I was glad that Giulia and Pietro ended up talking and reconciling at least for the sake of the baby. Seeing Pietro with his child instilled hope that he was a good guy who just wanted to support his family. I felt bad for Giulia because she was constantly being lied to which hurt her and actually caused her to get kidnapped. Had Pietro been honest with her from the start, there probably would not have been any drugs, she wouldn’t have been kidnapped, and Pietro wouldn’t be in jail. I also have a feeling that she got pregnant after she got excited when he told her that he got the job, and she might not have been stuck with the baby.
I wish that this film had better color grading, but that is just the film producer of me coming out. There also could have been a chance that the greenish hues in some scenes were meant to be there to be symbolic of drug presence or something. Traffic (2000) uses different colors to signify different locations and situations, and there is a chance that this could have been it, too.
In the end, I think we need comedy in our lives to connect with each other and to have something that lightens the mood in serious situations.
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