Cert TBA
100 mins
BBFC advice: TBA
It is seldom that foreign comedies prompt me to laugh out loud but that is not to say that I don't enjoy them.
Actually, I saw quite a bit of merit in Sydney Sibilia's movie about a university professor (Edoardo Leo) who is desperate for cash.
Therefore, he enlists the help of intellectual friends who are in the same boat - rejected by academia and struggling to make ends meet.
He persuades them that he can create a legal drug which they will market and earn themselves fortunes.
If this seems very simple, it certainly is not.
The professor's complications begin at home where his wife (Valeria Solarino), who happens to run an anti-drug programme, is unaware of his plan to become a dealer.
Also, he hasn't taken into account the vested interests of the area's crime lord (Neri Marcore) who had previously cornered the narcotics market.
Sibilia's comedy is original and bright and in Leo as its lead it boasts an actor who can carry off both intellectual and vulnerable.
Sibilia puts him and his co-stars through a string a farcical and amusing situations.
There were no belly laughs from me during I Can Quit Whenever I Want but it did put a smile on my face.
Director Sydney Sibilia: "I wasn't thinking about social satire. I later discovered that people had really taken the issue seriously, but personally I consider myself an entertainer solely; I don’t have any socio-political aspirations."
Reason to watch: The originality of its concept
Reason to avoid: Many of its gags are lost in translation.
Laughs: smiles rather than laughs
Jumps: none
Vomit: none
Nudity: none
Overall rating: 6/10