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Kiss of the Spider Woman (re-release)
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80 out of 100

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6.3 out of 10

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  • Starring: Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, William Hurt
  • Summary: A re-release of the 1985 drama starring William Hurt and Raul Julia as a gay window trimmer and a political activist locked together in South American prison cell.

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  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Bob Graham
    100
    Don't be too quick to jump on Hurt with complaints of old-fashioned gay stereotyping. Only with a development well into the movie will the audience realize the layers he brought to Molina's role-playing.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: F. X. Feeney
    90
    Leonard Schrader adapted the screenplay from the novel by Manuel Puig, and his fearless willingness to explore every corner of human nature serves what is greatest and sweetest in the performances of William Hurt and Raul Julia.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    Tells one of those rare and entrancing stories where one thing seems to happen while another thing is really happening.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. InesR.
    10
    Excellent movie based on the novel by Manuel Puig. Further study of the novel and film will reveal the great performance of Hurt, if we take into account the novel was written in 1976. The novel itself is an amazing insight of the characters and political and genre problems.… Expand
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