Bad Education (2004)
Watery would-be noir from Pedro Almodovar, who should really know better. The problem could be that Pedro's central conceit (a story detailing a childhood sexual abuse that becomes a story-within-a-story) gets stretched entirely too thin. It could be that the conceit doesn't have enough to it to support a feature film. Or it could just be that his conceit isn't that interesting. Cathartic, yes, but not that interesting. Almodovar certainly has a way with an image, but I think it's sigificant that of the few films of his I've seen, the only one I've liked was the least typical (Live Flesh). Guess he's a blind spot for me.
Grade: C+
Watery would-be noir from Pedro Almodovar, who should really know better. The problem could be that Pedro's central conceit (a story detailing a childhood sexual abuse that becomes a story-within-a-story) gets stretched entirely too thin. It could be that the conceit doesn't have enough to it to support a feature film. Or it could just be that his conceit isn't that interesting. Cathartic, yes, but not that interesting. Almodovar certainly has a way with an image, but I think it's sigificant that of the few films of his I've seen, the only one I've liked was the least typical (Live Flesh). Guess he's a blind spot for me.
Grade: C+
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