Laberinto de pasiones 1982

Janet Maslin, New York Times: [Labyrinth of Passion]...shows off the bright, gaudy visual style, the breezy manner and the exuberant energy that are Mr. Almodovar's particular virtues. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: An early and rather choice effort from Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar. Read more

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Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Almodovar (who has a cameo as a leather-jacketed transvestite rock singer) has already learned (somewhat) how to pull off such a difficult act, by treating the potentially offensive with such cartoonish abandon that it becomes ridiculous to take offense. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Though coarser and cheaper than Almodovar's later efforts, this comic orgy is prototypically Pedrovian. Read more