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Pain and Glory

Dolor y gloria

2019

Pedro Almodóvar

Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz, Leonardo Sbaraglia ...

6.8

31,861

Drama A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The director delivers another sensuous and deeply personal gem (...) There is a masterful nimbleness in Almodóvar’s narrative style (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Holland The Hollywood Reporter	"It’s unlikely to be remembered with any great fondness by all but Almodovar diehards, its self-regarding inwardness suggesting that he’s struggling, as his hero is here, to find something new to say."	NEU
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"The result is a mature work of meticulously tuned metafiction, erupting with so many of the director’s signature touches (...) [It rejects] broad melodrama in pursuit of a subtler, more direct form of authenticity"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"A surprise in all ways except its surpassing quality, 'Pain and Glory' reveals master Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar forging dazzling new paths while being completely himself."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Pedro Almodóvar’s best movie in years (...) Antonio Banderas excels (...) 'Pain and Glory' has the emotional resonance of an artist coming to terms with the intimate nature of his work"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"'Pain and Glory' can be achingly sad, but its pleasures, rainbow hues and humor keep it (and you) aloft."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Pedro Almodovar Delivers His ‘8 ½’ (...) You can feel his passion for cinema in every frame. Pain and Glory is not just his most personal film. It’s also one of his greatest (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (sobre 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Nicholas Barber BBC	"Unless you view 'Pain and Glory' through a filter of deep affection for Almodóvar, you will see it as minor work: not painful, but not glorious, either (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"It’s a wonderfully evocative affair with a subtle, soulful performance from Antonio Banderas (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
	Alfonso Rivera Cineuropa	"'Pain and Glory' will thrill Pedro’s fans, but it won’t be of interest to the rest of the audience"	NEU
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"A beautiful meditation on past and present, a memory piece that will nourish rather than provoke."	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"[Banderas] gives an impressively honest and touching performance (...) [It] is an uneven dabble in sense memory, with a clever last shot that redeems things slightly – but can’t altogether save it (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Ed Frankl The Film Stage	"At times, 'Pain and Glory' feels distant, controlled, unwilling to show emotional its hand. By its close it’s a film that clings onto your heartstrings and doesn’t let go."	POS
Australia	Anthony Frajman FilmInk	"An honest and remorseful examination of a man who has had more regrets than delights – more pain than glory"	POS
United Kingdom	David Sexton London Evening Standard	"[It] is nothing less than delicious, a perfectly poised creation that has you leaving the cinema feeling better about the world (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"Banderas excels (...) Wonderful (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Paddy Kehoe RTÉ	"We, as viewers, are alert at every moment to what will happen next. Call it suspense then, but it's suspense of a very sophisticated kind. Superb (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"Almodóvar's most intensely personal film is also movingly elegiac (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	James W. Anderson entertainment.ie	"Antonio Banderas' finest peformance in years (...) It is raw and honest (...) It is a film that comes straight from the heart and well worth seeing (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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