Live Flesh Critic Reviews

A richly detailed tale of passion, perfidy and revenge adapted from a typically tricky Ruth Rendell novel.Read the full review

Live Flesh is an effortlessly articulated tragicomedy by Pedro Almodovar, a world-renowned filmmaker at the height of his powers. [30 Jan 1998]Read the full review

Most of all, the satisfyingly cinematic screen adaptation puts motion and energy into a story that was mostly internalized from Victor's perspective in Rendell's book.Read the full review

Everything (not just the flesh) is vibrant with life.Read the full review

Almodovar is positively mature, adapting a novel by Ruth Rendell so deftly that the plot now also describes the invigorating and sometimes disorienting effects of democracy after long years of repression under the Franco regime.Read the full review