Kika

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When Nicholas (Peter Coyote), a famous American author, brings in a cosmetologist named Kika (Verónica Forqué) to prepare the corpse of his recently deceased son, Ramon (Alex Casanovas), Kika inadvertently revives the young man, then falls in love with him. Forces conspire against the couple, though, as Nicholas wants Kika for himself. Kika also must contend with the fact that her maid is sheltering her convict brother in her apartment while tabloid TV show "Today's Worst" covers her romance.
  • Genre:
    comedy
  • Original Language:
    Spanish
  • Director:
    Pedro Almodóvar
  • Release Date (Streaming):
  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $423.5K
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    El Deseo S.A.
  • Sound Mix:
    Surround

Cast & Crew

Veronica Forque
Kika
Peter Coyote
Nicholas
Victoria Abril
Andrea Caracortada
Àlex Casanovas
Ramón
Rossy de Palma
Juana
Anabel Alonso
Amparo
Bibi Andersson
Susana
Jesús Bonilla
Policía
Karra Elejalde
Policía
Charo López
Rafaela
Pedro Almodóvar
Director
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Audience Reviews for Kika

  • Oct 16, 2009
    A mixed success, "Kika" juggles an erratic batch of characters and barely keeps its balls in the air. It's so confused that even the central role is disputable -- is it Kika or her boyfriend Ramon? Perhaps writer/director Pedro Almodovar decided putting Kika's name in the title was a necessary clarification. Kika is an effervescent makeup artist who pretties up the dead for funerals. She is summoned to work on the recently departed Ramon ("He'll turn green soon...get rid of the pallor before we take him to the morgue") but, surprise! He's merely having a cataleptic seizure. After he revives, he and Kika begin living together. But she's also having a casual affair with his stepfather Nicholas. Who is suspected of killing Ramon's mother years ago, even though her death was ruled a suicide. Nicholas is also pursued by Andrea, a scar-faced tabloid reporter who dresses like a dominatrix and wears a ridiculous helmet rigged with a TV camera. To complicate matters, she is his ex-girlfriend and also Ramon's ex-psychologist. Meanwhile, Kika and Ramon have a hatchet-faced maid whose brother is a former porn actor newly escaped from jail. Wow. Not even Almodovar can give this mess a coherent dramatic shape, though he gives himself a break by writing the maid and her brother out of the story early (but not before using the latter for what could be the funniest rape scene in film history). Veronica Forque and Victoria Abril offer gutsy, uninhibited performances as the brazen Kika and Andrea, and Peter Coyote (Nicholas) gives Americans a familiar face to follow.
    Eric B Super Reviewer
  • Aug 05, 2009
    Pointless. The trash being used to "make laugh". Stupid people, things and situations supposed to be funny. After half hour, I simply turned it off. What a waste of time! <br> <br>
    Rubia Super Reviewer
  • Apr 16, 2009
    Very colourful, and very dark, but also very average for Almodovar
    Marcus W Super Reviewer
  • Aug 23, 2008
    Irreverent and hilarious, KIKA is Pedro Almodovar's craziest film. Back are the usual Almodovar elements: colors, dramedy, sexual deviation, murder. The film works thanks to the funny script by Pedro, and the amazing performance by Veronica Forqué as the title character. The rest of the cast is very good too: Peter Coyote, Rossy De Palma, Victoria Abril (in a marvelous role) and Àlex Casanovas.
    Fernando Rafael Q Super Reviewer
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