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81 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 34 Critics What's this?

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7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 46 Ratings

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  • Starring: Fele Martínez, Gael García Bernal, Javier Cámara
  • Summary: In the early 60s, two boys - Ignacio and Enrique - discover love, movies and fear in a Christian school. Father Manolo, the school principal and Literature teacher, both witnesses and takes part in these discoveries. The three characters come against one another twice again, in the late 70s and in 1980. These meetings are set to change the life and death of some of them. (Club Cultura)… Expand
  • Director: Pedro Almodóvar
  • Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Romance, Crime
  • Rating: NC-17
  • Runtime: 106 min
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 34
  3. Negative: 1 out of 34
  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    100
    A rapturous masterwork.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    60
    There's something dull and evasive at the film's center--for one thing, contrary to its festival buzz, Bad Education tiptoes around the issue of priesthood pedophilia; lovelorn gazes are as desperate as it gets.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Phil Hall
    10
    Such garbage that taking a shower at the Bates Motel is a more appealing alternative.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 34
  3. Negative: 4 out of 34
  1. GinaS.
    10
    Watching it last night, my roommate came home just as end credits rolled. I exclaimed "You have to watch this movie" and started it over again. Just as enthralling on 2nd viewing.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. TonyB.
    4
    Not much ado about nothing perhaps, just about very little...one of the more overrated films in recent memory.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. DannyC.
    2
    not almodovar's best. under its specious smartness there's so little.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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