Talk to Her

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Han W Aug 20, 2018 Almodóvar may be an acquired taste - his work can be filled with subtlety and humanistic questioning or it can be broad and outrageous and even crass. His best work is unpredictable, character-driven, and thought-provoking, even when leavened with comedy. Talk to Her finds Almodóvar in serious mode, following two men who care for women in comas and charting their developing relationship. He tracks backward to show us events in their lives that led them to their current present day situation (including information that might ordinarily reduce our sympathy - but somehow not here). Then he allows the narrative to move forward to a somewhat shocking climax (Almodóvar is never one to shy away from melodrama) and a fanciful abrupt denouement. Along the way, the director includes a surreal "silent film" excerpt that sees a shrinking man climb into a giant vagina. Well, you can't be serious all the time. He also shows us the similarities between ballet and bullfighting (copping some flak for emphasising the latter), with a guest role for Geraldine Chaplin as a dance instructor. Despite the sometimes jarring changes in tone, everything holds together and the resulting feeling is that we have been exposed to real life in all of its sometimes problematic weirdness, sadness and joy. See more

Poe S Feb 7, 2018 A man meets a dancer he has seen from his apartment across from her dance studio and becomes obsessed with her. When she slips into a coma after a traffic accident, he becomes one of her nurses and tends to her obsessively. Another man, a journalist, meets a famous bullfighter and they fall in love. She is gored in the ring and falls in a coma. The two men meet and become friends when the women end up in the same clinic. Almodovar is a master of wrenching complex emotions from outrageously melodramatic material. I adore this film. See more

Leia W Dec 28, 2017 Almodovar at the top of his game. Shock value and genuine emotional depth. Breathtaking film making.

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Harry S Oct 16, 2017 7/1/2018 The unusual one sided love affair of two pairs whose paths eventually met in very unfortunate circumstances. The backdrop and side story of something native to Spain gave this movie a very distinctive touch. See more

Ron W Oct 5, 2017 With excellent performances, highly confident direction from Almodovar and a one of a kind script, Talk to Her truly is a terrific film which is thought-provoking thematically, highly affecting emotionally and all around such an original, complex film. It is not perfect (the silent movie scene was honestly too bizarre for me), but its editing is very good, the flashback structure is deftly employed and the music is simply beautiful and it moved me quite a bit. Emotionally and morally rich and complex, Talk to Her is an incredible cinematic experience. See more

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