The film centers on a four-way tale of dangerous love, and was shot in the style of a hard-boiled 1950s American film noir, more themed to the neo-noir genre. The cast includes many Almodóvar regulars such as Ángela Molina, Lola Dueñas and Penélope Cruz (her fourth film with the director). The film's soundtrack features acclaimed artists such as Cat Power, Uffie, and Can.
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three quarters of this film is excellent but I felt the last part was really lacking. Its certainly better than Volver but Broken Embraces is not of the standard of Almodovar's All About My Mother.
3. "=) let me know what you think" In response to Reply # 1
wasn't able to get to it this weekend ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good. ~~~~ dudes with glasses are hot
4. "I really thought this film was fantastic" In response to Reply # 0
A return to form for Almodovar after a few slightly lackluster films. Too tired for me to go in detail, and I watched it months ago, but just adding my thumbs up for anyone on the fence.
5. "I thought this was awful" In response to Reply # 0
Sure melodrama and bad/over acting is to be expected with Almodovar but the story for this one was just so soap opera saccharine and felt so artificial it was hard for me to even take it seriously. Penelope Cruz is excellent but she couldn't save this from itself.
6. "interesting back to back replies...i still haven't seen it" In response to Reply # 0
was foiled last weekend and this weekend i'm aiming for next weekend ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
but i don't know how much i liked it. the melodrama kept me off-balance the whole time so i couldn't actually tell what was happening some of the time. (slight spoiler) for instance, i couldn't tell if harry caine was actually blind for the entire movie. i thought the dude was faking it until about 3/4 of the way into the movie.
with that said, its an enjoyable movie to watch. i guess i'm one of the few people that actually liked volver, which i preferred to this, but its still worth seeing for any almodovar fans.
10. "I really want to love one of his films" In response to Reply # 0
He's such a skilled craftsman.
But the melodrama is always too much for me. I feel like he should be working in outright genre. Like Cronenberg, it would both focus and excuses his excesses.
11. "i thought this was great. " In response to Reply # 0
one of the best i've seen this year. Almodovar's style is steadily growing on me and I found myself really engrossed in the story (even though his endings always slightly dissapoint me with the exception of Volver) and Penelope looked more beautiful than ever since Almo knows how to light her perfectly with his eyes closed and back turned.
I wouldn't be surprised if the cinematography got an oscar nom. the visuals throughout the story just pop out at you.
i'd recommend it to any almovodar fan, any penelope fan and any fan and soap opera fanatics. Unlike some of the replies this wasn't as melodramatic as his past films but it definitely steers in that direction once again.
13. "i forgot i made this post" In response to Reply # 0
ha! i saw it in dec the first cold snap of the year i was determined
it was worth the effort but i'm an almodovar fan
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14. "I liked it, but they could have trimmed about 20 minutes from it" In response to Reply # 0
Cruz was excellent, and Homar was solid as well. However, this felt pretty darn long, and I found the narrative ground to a halt after they showed "the accident." I also think the "Ray X" character was pretty unnecessary as a whole. I thought all the allusions to "Women on a Verge of Nervous Breakdown" was a cute touch. Good movie, but "Volver" was better.
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