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Torremolinos 73

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 18 critic reviews
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Based on 4 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Foreign
Written by: Pablo Berger
Directed by: Pablo Berger
Release Date:
Theatrical: April 15, 2005
DVD: February 21, 2006
Running Time: 87 minutes, Color / B/W
Origin: Spain / Denmark
Language(s): Spanish (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING:
Starring Javier Cámara, Candela Peña, Juan Diego, Malena Alterio, Fernando Tejero, Mads Mikkelsen, Ramón Barea, and Thomas Bo Larsen
In Franco's puritanical Spain of 1973, a struggling encyclopedia salesman named Alfredo and his wife Carmen change their fortunes overnight when they agree to make their own Super 8 erotic 'educational' films to be sold in Scandinavia. (First Run Features)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
This delicious little period piece from Spanish writer-director Pablo Berger is like one of those really expensive chocolates, where you start out expecting a brief sugar buzz and end up surprised by the sophistication and delicacy of the flavor.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
It's a bawdy farce done with real delicacy, a charming adult comedy that ends up with unlooked-for emotional heft. If that doesn't cover all the bases, it certainly comes close.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
The result is a highly amusing folly, rendered with a surprisingly gentle affection.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder
Such a joyous celebration of sex and filmmaking that viewers will forgive its director for taking time out to enjoy a little of both.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Raunchy without ever devolving into flat-out prurience, Berger's oddly sweet comedy perfectly captures the naivete of the era and the unexpected wholesomeness of some of its adult entertainment.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Possesses a lighthearted quality that makes it rather enjoyable.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Though never unpleasant, thanks largely to Cámara and Peña's warmly convincing performances, Torremolinos 73 only really takes off when it deals with the filmmaking process.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
Starting out as a wacky little comedy about a mousy Spanish couple who become unwitting porn stars, Torremolinos 73 suddenly morphs, during the third act, into a far more sober and tender story about the lengths to which a man will go to give his wife what she wants.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bill White
Deepened by the socioeconomic undercurrent that suggests the lengths to which workers are forced to prostitute themselves to survive corporate downsizing.
Read Full Review >Empire Patrick Peters
This is a gentle, camp but nonetheless revealing satire on how a nation circumvented the social strictures imposed upon it by Franco's fading fascist regime.
Read Full Review >Variety Jonathan Holland
Somewhat wacky tale, based on real events, is kept anchored in reality through attention to detail and by first-rate central perfs.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Ben Kenigsberg
Its Saul Bass-y credits suggest an Almodóvarian flamboyance, but this impotent '70s-set comedy mostly skimps on discoteca stylishness.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Has the dubious distinction of being just about the mildest porno comedy ever made. It's like something the teenage Pedro Almodóvar might have written to shock his 10th-grade creative writing teacher.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Kim Morgan
Pablo Berger's subtle satire Torremolinos 73 is almost there. Almost.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
All this and not a glimmer of General Franco makes for a surreal – and sporadically inspired – comedy of Spanish mores back when naughty was nice.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein
Has the slapped-together, cheesy look of a porno movie. While this could be distracting, the shoddiness sets the mood for a humorous spin on the European porn industry circa early 1970s.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Reece Pendleton
Camara and Peña are perfectly cast as the bewildered couple, and early on Berger gets some laughs from the one-note premise. But the material grows increasingly stale as the film drags on to its unintentionally creepy finale.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Ed K. gave it a7:
Torremolinos 73 is a quirky, light-hearted take on the hopes and dreams of two average people in 1970s Spain. The characters are vivid and easily recognizable, and the plot is just convincing enough to be believable but bizarre enough to keep your attention. I enjoyed it. (But Torremolinos 73 is definitely not a good movie for a first date, as you can probably imagine from the general subject matter.)
