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Kika

1993

Pedro Almodóvar

Verónica Forqué, Peter Coyote, Victoria Abril, Rossy de Palma ...

5.1

11,455

Comedy Kika, a young cosmetologist, is called to the mansion of Nicolas, an American writer to make-up the corpse of his stepson, Ramon. Ramon, who is not dead, is revived by Kika's attentions and she then moves in with him. They might live happily ever after but first they have to cope with Kika's affair with Nicolas, the suspicious death of Ramon's mother and the intrusive gaze of tabloid-TV star and Ramon's ex-psychologist Andrea Scarface.

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"'Kika' is actually one of this film maker's more buoyant recent efforts, a sly, rambunctious satire that moves along merrily until it collapses (...) under the weight of its own clutter."	NEU
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"[It] needs to lose at least 10 minutes (...) 'Kika' most likely will please primarily only die-hard Almodovar fans."	NEU
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"Something alarming has happened to Almodovar: He has become commonplace and predictable."	NEG
United States	Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"A riot of colors, 'Kika' is sometimes sick, sometimes playful, but consistently hilarious and entertaining in ways that few films have been lately (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"This newest concoction of outrageous people in outrageous clothing doing outrageous things is pretty damn tedious."	NEG
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"It's daring and nasty, but rarely brilliant (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Phillipa Bloom Empire	"Lacking the flair of early Almodóvar and the depth of his later efforts, this is a middling affair (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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