87
Metascore
34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardAlmodovar is adept at weaving together strands you'd never guess would match.
- 90Film.comPeter BrunetteFilm.comPeter BrunetteFunny and wise, lively and contemplative, intriguingly postmodern and powerfully moving, all at the same time. It's not to be missed.
- 90SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekSo intrinsically rich that it doesn't need any metaphors.
- 88Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyThis is more than a movie: It's Almodovar's design for living.
- 88Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanAlmodovar still populates his work with characters you'll see nowhere else in movies.
- 88Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittSome will find the movie's sexual antics too explicit and unconventional for comfort.
- 83Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakAs dark as a Greek tragedy yet it has a vibrance and joie de vivre that can't be contained by grief.
- 80Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanIt's enough to make your head spin, but Almodovar, whose mastery of the medium has never been more assured, gives you plenty to think about, ultimately grounding the dizzy whirl of his idiosyncratic fictional world in a story that feels not just true but universal.
- 75Baltimore SunAnn HornadayBaltimore SunAnn HornadayAlmodovar has created an ecstatic homage to the women who have inspired him all his life.
- 63Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezThe work of a talented filmmaker coasting on his own fumes.