Bad Education2004
Bad Education (2004)
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Cast
as Angel/Juan/Zahara
as Enrique Goded
as Father Manolo
as Mr. Berenguer
as Paca
as Ignacio
as Ignacio's Mother
as Father Jose
as Martin
as Young Ignacio
as Young Ignacio
as Young Enrique
as Enrique Serrano
as Galicia's Barman
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Critic Reviews for Bad Education
All Critics (142) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (124) | Rotten (18) | DVD (9)
Like a Chinese box, it has layers under layers, fictions within fictions. A mystery and an intricate triangular love story, it's also a tale about storytelling itself, the uses of art and artifice to make the unbearable bearable.
In accounting for Almodóvar's identity as an artist and a man, Bad Education comes together like a bold and far-reaching summation of his career to date.
It still exerts an uncanny power: Like the best of Almodóvar's work, it throws you a first-love sucker punch that will stagger your heart, mind, and soul.
Simple melodrama, a not-that-puzzling puzzle of a film noir.
Taken at face value, Bad Education is about molestation, but from a wider perspective, it's about love, loss of innocence and the desperate quest for redemption.
Even though Bad Education ultimately seems to escape the director's control, there is no small amount of enjoyment in getting lost in its sexual-philosophical house of mirrors.
Audience Reviews for Bad Education
A drag queen convinces a film director to shoot a film about his childhood molestation by a priest. As I'm exploring Almodovar's oeuvre, I'm seeing similar subjects. There is almost always an element of abnormal sexuality, and the several scenes of homosexual sex check that box. Drag queens? Also check. But these are surface elements. The reason I think I'm not diving into Almodovar is that many of his films try to do so much at once. Bad Education is a love story, a noir, a political statement against the clergy's sexual misconduct, and a melodrama, and I think all the "styles" and subject matters collide. What results is such a hodgepodge that I think people are able to attach themselves to elements of the film while ignoring the whole. Overall, Bad Education is for Almodovar fans, and that's about it.
Super Reviewer
An amazing mystery/revenge story. I was totally blown away with the complex nature of the film. Almodovar's style really shines in this, due to the fact that he strayed from his usual upbeat tone and really went with something dark. Gael Garcia Bernal was great and made the movie all the more enjoyable, convincing me that his character was much less horrible than he should've been. I really appreciate the bold choices used, if only more filmmakers were this brave. The director's cut is definitely a step up in terms of what shocking content was meant to be seen, it made me fall in love with it even more.
Super Reviewer
Murder, mayhem, transvestites and child molesting priests. I wonder where Pedro Almodóvar gets such wild ideas for his stories? Are they autobiographical? Are they plucked from Spanish tabloids? They seem to be coherent presentations of utter chaos. The man is twisted (but brilliant!).
Super Reviewer
Bad Education Quotes
| Ignacio Rodriguez: | I think I've just lost my faith at this moment, so I no longer believe in God or hell. As I don't believe in hell I'm not afraid, and without fear I'm capable of anything. |
| Enrique Serrano: | There's nothing less erotic than an actor looking for work. |