One of the best director's, best movies
Added 1/27/2010
Hilarious without deliberately trying to be. You never know where the story is heading, like all of Almodovar's best. Notice the psycho hairdo in the airport scene. Classic.
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Great romp for those who don't mind reading movies
Added 1/20/2010
I consider this the best of Almodovar's several movies. It's a fun romp through the final throes of a woman's marriage, with a great recipe for gazpacho thrown in at no extra charge! It's also one of Antonio Banderas' first movies: before Hollywood discovered and destroyed him.
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Almodovar at his best!
Added 1/9/2010
I had this movie on VHS, and lost it after lending it to many friends...I was going crazy looking for it and now it's on DVD! love it. Carmen Maura did a very good job with this role.
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Added 11/28/2009
I am so glad this movie was finally released in DVD format
for U.S. audiences. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.
I first saw it about 10 years ago and became an instant Pedro
Almodovar and Carmen Maura fan. Carmen Maura is at the top
of her game. She is such a great comedic actress. This
movie is so funny, clever, witty, the writing is so good.
You also see a young Antonio Banderas and an excellent cast.
I can't stress enough how entertaining this movie is. You also
see parts of Madrid, Spain which brought back memories for me
of my trip there. I have been monitoring this movie's DVD release
for U.S. audiences and FINALLY the day has come. It is my pleasure
to say you will throughly enjoy this movie. It is so good.
And sure enough I just ordered my copy. Another Almodovar
favorite of mine is HIGH HEELS. So funny, witty, entertaining.
Can't wait for that one to also be released. Both are favorites.
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my introduction to the world of Pedro Almodovar......
Added 8/18/2007
Pedro Almodovar, an internationally and critically acclaimed Spanish director, takes eccentricity and neuroses to new heights in WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, one of his most well known films. Pepa (Carmen Maura), an actress, has just been left alone and pregnant by her lover. It turns out that this situation is only one of many problems that she encounters. Her friend, Candela (Maria Barranco) is having a crisis of her own. Then, there's the matter of the gazpacho that Pepa has prepared--spiked with thirty sleeping pills--but, I won't ruin that part of the story for you as to what prompts her to prepare such a sleep-inducing dish. The whole mood is comparable to a telenovela (Spanish language soap opera). The atmosphere is melodramatic (hence, the reason for the title), desperate and probes at the main character, her plight and whether she can hold herself together in the eye of so many simulataneous storms around her.
I'll be honest in saying that I didn't "get" this film when I first saw it. I can relate to viewers who didn't like it. Initially, when it had finished, I thought, "What was THAT?" Almodovar's writing style really seems very analytical and feels more like a clinical study of what heights someone will go when emotionally instable. It was hard for me to really feel connected to any of the characters, and the atmosphere felt more than a little like intersecting episodes in a serial. Yet, upon reflection, I can appreciate the depth, skillful artistic direction and beauty of the characters that we come to know. Carmen Maura is very convincing as one of the lead characters and she doesn't appear to be acting at all! What's more, this is probably the only film with (a very young) Antonio Banderas, where I actually WANTED to watch him because the story had substance, for once! I reccomend that you see this just so you can get a sense for yourself of the style of Almodovar and why his films leave audiences talking.....
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One of the best director's, best movies
Added 1/27/2010
Hilarious without deliberately trying to be. You never know where the story is heading, like all of Almodovar's best. Notice the psycho hairdo in the airport scene. Classic.
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Great romp for those who don't mind reading movies
Added 1/20/2010
I consider this the best of Almodovar's several movies. It's a fun romp through the final throes of a woman's marriage, with a great recipe for gazpacho thrown in at no extra charge! It's also one of Antonio Banderas' first movies: before Hollywood discovered and destroyed him.
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Almodovar at his best!
Added 1/9/2010
I had this movie on VHS, and lost it after lending it to many friends...I was going crazy looking for it and now it's on DVD! love it. Carmen Maura did a very good job with this role.
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