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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown finds writer-director Pedro Almodóvar working in a distinctly feminist vein, with richly rewarding results.
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A feminist comedy with real bite; it always brings down the house. Aug 31, 2006 | Rating: 4/4
A feminist comedy with real bite; it always brings down the house.
Michael Wilmington
In Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Mr. Almodovar sets out to charm rather than shock. That he succeeds should not come as a surprise. May 20, 2003 | Rating: 4/5
In Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Mr. Almodovar sets out to charm rather than shock. That he succeeds should not come as a surprise.
Vincent Canby
This is painless sexual politics, a fiendish comedy full of prickles and pain and the bright shiny pinks of a matador's cape. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
This is painless sexual politics, a fiendish comedy full of prickles and pain and the bright shiny pinks of a matador's cape.
Rita Kempley
Women slinks devilishly (and expertly) between farce, absurdism and tragedy. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
Women slinks devilishly (and expertly) between farce, absurdism and tragedy.
Desson Thomson
A film whose overwhelming liveliness provides an enthusiastic, ebullient rebuke to the despair of its characters. Apr 14, 2018 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
A film whose overwhelming liveliness provides an enthusiastic, ebullient rebuke to the despair of its characters.
Tim Brayton
Almodovar's most accomplished and most commercially successful comedy to date. Jun 30, 2011 | Rating: A | Full Review…
Almodovar's most accomplished and most commercially successful comedy to date.
Emanuel Levy
The film's color scheme is like a makeup counter display, and the narrative has the same sort of spirit, with dabs of humor that gloss over or disrupt the heroine's grief. Jun 14, 2007 | Rating: 5/5
The film's color scheme is like a makeup counter display, and the narrative has the same sort of spirit, with dabs of humor that gloss over or disrupt the heroine's grief.
Douglas Pratt
The gold standard for Almodovar's screwball farces. Jul 21, 2005 | Rating: 3/5
The gold standard for Almodovar's screwball farces.
Rob Thomas
An exuberant comedy of manners drunk on its own outlandish melodrama. May 4, 2005 | Full Review…
An exuberant comedy of manners drunk on its own outlandish melodrama.
Nick Schager
The movie is a great introduction to Almodóvar's world... Oct 1, 2003 | Full Review…
The movie is a great introduction to Almodóvar's world...
An incisive, fast-paced romp with the serious theme of obsessive love. Jul 30, 2003 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
An incisive, fast-paced romp with the serious theme of obsessive love.
Probably Pedro Almodovar's most completely accessible film -- certainly it's one of his funniest and most popular works. Aug 7, 2002 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
Probably Pedro Almodovar's most completely accessible film -- certainly it's one of his funniest and most popular works.
Ken Hanke
A hilarious farce by Pedro Almodóvar with over-colored kitsch visuals and a hysterical story full of eccentric characters in absurd situations - and it is impossible not to laugh at that extravagant taxi and the many times that someone throws something out of the window.
Super Reviewer
Slap-happy, fun, riotous - one of Almodovar's best stings with enjoyment.
A bizarre black comedy that sometimes wanders into screwball territory. It is a tale about a group of women all suffering in their way. Being the first outright comedy I have seen from Almodovar, I had a hard time allowing myself to laugh and spent the first half of the film soley trying to analyze the color schemes & feminist themes. It wasn't until about half way through that I realized that while analysis is important, Almodovar wants us to have fun as well. Once I took my critic hat off, I found myself having a good time.The acting, while incredibly zany, is really good and the script is absurdly funny. I'll need to see it again to really appreciate it's offbeat nature, but until then I had a good time with these funny albeit forlorn women.
A very funny sex comedy that unfolds like a farce, in which every character's life intersects with the others', whether they know so or not. Charming film deserving of its Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award nomination in 1989, and a great introduction to Almodovar, who has become one of the seminal directors of our time.
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