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Charles Taylor, Salon.com: A consistently audacious fantasy of sex and violence set in a modern-day Madrid where everyone is ready to surrender to his or her particular passions. Read more
Vincent Canby, New York Times: The movie looks terrific and is acted with absolute, straight-faced conviction by the excellent cast... Read more
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Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times: It's a useful look at this Spanish auteur finding his way but lacks the elan of his later work. Read more
Hal Hinson, Washington Post: The sincerity here is of a special cracked sort -- the brand that induces laughter but is undiminished by it. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Murder, mutilation, suicide and rape...[are] just a few of Matador's popcorn-incompatible themes. But [Almodovar] swirls his cape over these chargers so imaginatively, shamelessly and inventively, his flamboyance wins the day. Read more