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Another masterful, compassionate work from Pedro Almodovar.
All Critics (131) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (121) | Rotten (10) | DVD (7)
Almodovar uses the characters' unlikely predicaments to show how we define ourselves by narration, but his story is so overdetermined that ultimately the two men seem as constrained as their brain-dead sweethearts. Jan 11, 2008 | Full Review…
Almodovar uses the characters' unlikely predicaments to show how we define ourselves by narration, but his story is so overdetermined that ultimately the two men seem as constrained as their brain-dead sweethearts.
J. R. Jones
It's Almodovar's most mature and mysterious movie. Nov 1, 2007 | Full Review…
It's Almodovar's most mature and mysterious movie.
David Ansen
The film combines sensuality, spirituality and sheer joy in storytelling in marvellously harmonious proportions. Feb 9, 2006 | Full Review…
The film combines sensuality, spirituality and sheer joy in storytelling in marvellously harmonious proportions.
Geoff Andrew
It's a brave movie and a mature undertaking. May 19, 2004 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's a brave movie and a mature undertaking.
Jeff Strickler
Good, but not classic Almodovar. May 21, 2003
Good, but not classic Almodovar.
Judith Prescott
It is a singularly impressive work, able to generate laughs one moment and tears the next. Feb 21, 2003 | Rating: 5/5
It is a singularly impressive work, able to generate laughs one moment and tears the next.
Bill Muller
It earns its R rating but it is a thoughtful unique depiction of that line between love and obsession. Apr 12, 2019 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
It earns its R rating but it is a thoughtful unique depiction of that line between love and obsession.
Rachel Wagner
no other current director blends comedy and drama as smoothly or with as much flair Mar 9, 2010 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
no other current director blends comedy and drama as smoothly or with as much flair
John A. Nesbit
Humanity is intricate, contradictory, fathomless here, and the filmmaking just as rich. Nov 16, 2009 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Humanity is intricate, contradictory, fathomless here, and the filmmaking just as rich.
Matthew Sorrento
I found it slow to get into. But I hung in there and am glad I did because eventually it grabbed me and I ended up enjoying it. Oct 7, 2004 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
I found it slow to get into. But I hung in there and am glad I did because eventually it grabbed me and I ended up enjoying it.
Tony Medley
Very few directors could get away with making a film like this, but Almodovar not only gets away with it, he delivers a masterpiece. Aug 7, 2004 | Full Review…
Very few directors could get away with making a film like this, but Almodovar not only gets away with it, he delivers a masterpiece.
Boyd van Hoeij
Almodovar continues to refine the form of melodrama ... without sacrificing one iota of emotional texture or resonance. May 10, 2004 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
Almodovar continues to refine the form of melodrama ... without sacrificing one iota of emotional texture or resonance.
Lance Goldenberg
It is easy to read this as an insensitive melodrama that uses the suffering of two women to tell a story about the friendship that grows between two men, but the film is actually so much more than that, full of nuances and taking us in many unpredictable directions.
Super Reviewer
Pedro Almodovar bring more one intelligent and breathtaking drama, with very human characters.
Almodovar is a genius, so enough said? Plot twists are superb. Acting is wonderful. The idea that sex can awaken a sleeping maiden is marvelous--the idea that you can love someone in a totally one-sided relationship is....scary. But see it once, and see it several times to get everything out of it. It's a nice discussion on what romantic love really is.
One of the best movies i've seen in a while. Great story, great acting. Pathos out the yingyang.
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