Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom (Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón)

Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom (Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón) (1980)

  • 43% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

  • 65% of users liked it
    (2,835 ratings)

An outrageous comedy that throws viewers into a culture shock. A suggestive satire about women who ignore society's rules. ~ Rovi

Unrated,
Directed By
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Written By
Pedro Almodóvar, Yasmina Reza
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1980 Wide
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Critic Reviews

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    Most notable for its bathroom jokes, humorous rape scenes and abysmal home-movie cinematography, [the film is a] reputation-dimming mess.

  • Rita Kempley, Washington Post

    Pedro Almodovar showed not a whisker of promise in his amateurish directorial debut, a smutty sexual sideshow most safely viewed in a full body condom.

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    A series of screen provocations, including frank and degrading sexual acts, it's designed primarily to jolt the viewer.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    This feature debut from Spain's enfant terrible is amateurish in both the positive and negative senses of the term, but it already shows his penchant for shock and provocation

  • Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

    Annoyingly amateurish.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    Pedro Almodovar started his career as the Spanish equivalent of John Waters, maybe a little less tacky/trashy but still fairly trashy. It was the late 70's early 80's though and Punk was rife. Essentially, that is what his first films are, punk films. Bending the rules of… More

  • Matheus C


    The earliest of Almodovars finds the director trying to deal with his then lack of budget and craftsmanship, but it also includes some incredibly wicked and witty ideas which would later become his trademarks. In this case one can see these ideas scattered in a film which lacks an… More

  • Marcus W


    Almodovar began his career with this gritty tale of liberated women, and never looked back...

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