Broken Embraces
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- Synopsis
- A follow-up to Spanish enfant terrible Pedro Almodóvar's 2006 arthouse sensation Volver, Los Abrazos Rotos finds the filmmaker re-teaming with actress Penélope Cruz and working on a canvas much broader than those of his previous outings, in ......
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- Director(s)
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Distributor(s)
- Sony Classics
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 128 min.
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Critic Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
A voluptuary of a film, drunk on primary colors, caressing Penelope Cruz, using the devices of a Hitchcock to distract us with surfaces while the sinister uncoils beneath. As it ravished me, I longed for a freeze frame to allow me to savor a shot.Read the full review
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Keith PhippsAdd Critic to Favorites
Broken Embraces welds Douglas Sirk melodrama to the most gracefully unsettling elements of Alfred Hitchcock, wrapping both in the stylish, hushed elegance that’s become Almodóvar’s trademark since his mid-’90s reinvention.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites
Many of the characters go by two different names. So best advice for optimum viewing is, see Broken Embraces...twice.Read the full review