Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano
A wickedly amusing look at modern love through the relationships of several neurotic women.
DVD Release Date: April 10, 2001
Stats: 873 reviews
Not the most welcoming of titles and the first half of the film is pretty much as you?d expect from the title, a little depressing and wondering where it?s all heading. It?s certainly not a film that builds up into a big climax, but the second half does get a little better, woul...( read more)
Love Spanish Style!
Quirky, Funny, Sad. Everything you'd expect in an Almadovar film.
Carmen Maura never fails to amaze me.
I love crazy ladies and Antonio Banderas! How does Almodovar do it, honestly?
Pedro Almadova is the 'women's director'. A melodramatic, hysterically hillarious, kiny farce, about women on the verge of a nervous breakdown
This is the funniest spanish movie I have ever seen. Another one we watched in Spanish in college.
I liked the style, but the movie itself was just way too cliche for me. The comedy was over exaggerated. The directing was great and meticulous, I just felt it was a waste of talent.The acting was so-so, Carmen Maura was really good, but Antonio Banderas was a little dull as usua...( read more)
One of the worse titles you could ever encounter, and the movie wasn't so much better. You'd certainly expect a lot more watching an Almodovar movie, especially because it's an Almodovar movie. The story was so flat and uninteresting it didn't seem to go anywhere. What redeems th...( read more)
Interesting at least. It gets too crazy in the end and it's very stereotypical (Almodóvar's always been insulting to Spain), but it's OK anyway.
Unbelievable anf fun situations throughout with a very nice cast and desperately hilarious performances. One of the best films to start with Almodovar.
67/100
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