Broken Embraces

"'Broken Embraces': Wholly Delightful. (...) the presence of Penélope Cruz is incendiary, (...) And Mr. Almodóvar's love of movies informs every frame of this beautiful film." 

"Look at Almodovar's command of framing here (...) Never has he made a film more visually pulsating, and Almodovar is not shy (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"A restless, rangy and frankly enjoyable genre-juggler that combines melodrama, comedy and more noir-hued darkness than ever before, the pic is held together by the extraordinary force of Almodovar's cinematic personality. But while its four-way in extremis love story dazzles, it never really catches fire." 

"Cruz exudes a sensual aura of mystery that holds you spellbound. And Almodóvar, a true poet of cinema, creates images —horrifying and healing— that live inside your head like a waking dream (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" 

"The visual and aural textures are lush and sensual (...) and yet the rich colors and deep sonorities somehow illuminate an unusually austere emotional terrain." 

"The first Almodovar feature I've ever really liked, an expertly fashioned melodrama that steers mercifully clear of his usual puckishness and star-mongering" 

"It is a perfect type of pleasure which leaves one not unsatisfied exactly but with a feeling that its substance has vanished into the air like smoke (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Sex, artistry, delirium: no one knows these things like Pedro, or sticks them in more devastating couture (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"