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Janet Maslin, New York Times: Most notable for its bathroom jokes, humorous rape scenes and abysmal home-movie cinematography, [the film is a] reputation-dimming mess. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: A series of screen provocations, including frank and degrading sexual acts, it's designed primarily to jolt the viewer. Read more
Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Pedro Almodovar showed not a whisker of promise in his amateurish directorial debut, a smutty sexual sideshow most safely viewed in a full body condom. Read more