A good movie

I already saw this movie but, since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. The first time around, if I recall it correctly, I saw this movie at my aunt's house when I was on holiday in France. My wife was pretty sick (food poisoning or something like that) and while she was recovering, I ended up watching a whole bunch of DVDs my aunt owned. Well, I’m glad I gave this movie a second chance after all these years. Indeed, it is actually a rather complex story and, sometimes, I was slightly struggling to keep track of everything that was told by the characters. For example, they kept mentioning Agustina’s sister but she actually never showed up and had eventually very little impact on the story after all. Anyway, even if this tale might have been slightly too convoluted (which is actually hardly surprising since it was coming from Almodovar), there is no doubt that the characters, almost all women, were really strong though. Their bond was also quite beautiful to behold. Eventually, for Penélope Cruz, who never looked more gorgeous, it was definitely a high point in her career and it was nice to see her providing such a good performance in a very good movie like this one (Did she ever make one really good US production? I highly doubt it). Still even though Cruz got most of the attention when this movie was released, the rest of the cast was fine as well. At the end of the day, I have to admit that I still struggle with Almodovar’s style of overstuffing his movies with so many far-fetched storylines and eccentric characters but this one definitely grew me on me though. Anyway, to conclude, I’m glad I rewatched this movie since I was much more able to enjoy it and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Almodovar’s work.


7/10