| Cast |
Penélope Cruz, Lluis Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez, Rubén Ochandiano, Tamar Novas |
| Director |
Pedro Almodóvar |
| Screenplay | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Music | Alberto Iglesias |
| Cinematography | Rodrigo Prieto |
| Editing | José Salcedo |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2009 |
| Produced by | A consortium of Spanish companies |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Strong, fairly infrequent, some crudity, in context |
| Nudity | Graphic sexual nudity, breasts, prolonged scene |
| Sex | Strong sex scenes with suggestive sounds, sexual conduct |
| Violence | Moderate violence, mild blood, infrequent, in context |
| Prejudice | Some implied homophobia, in context |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | Some illegal drug use, brief, does not promote or glamourise |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer  Picture perfect | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Mariana Malan Gevul met onvergeetlike toenele en 'n goeie dosis absurditeit | 15 | |
| Box Office Richard Mowe An excavation of passions that may leave you listless | 15 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert To see this film once is to experience his deliberate abandon. To see it twice, as I've been able to, is to understand that his style embodies his subject. That subject is: Film and life rush ahead so heedlessly that the frames are past before we can contemplate them. | 20 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson Knotty but generally beguiling blend of noir, melodrama and movie-biz satire | 10 |  |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Almodovar, a true poet of cinema, creates images — horrifying and healing — that live inside your head like a waking dream. You want to miss a movie like that? I didn't think so. | 18 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs | 12 |  |
| Metacritic.com 32 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 136 critics | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Pedro Almodovar's fourth film with Penélope Cruz isn't his finest work, but he brings his signature visual brilliance to this noirish tale, and the cast turns in some first-class performances. | 16 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 9128 Netizens Almodovar offers a subtly brilliant picture, with more than initially meets the eye | 14 | |
Average .. 75% | 15 | |