Talk to Her
User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 53 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 59
  3. Negative: 6 out of 59

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  1. Tiffany
    Mar 24, 2003
    0
    This is a sick pro-rape movie. it's about a guy who rapes a woman in a coma, but the director tries to manipulate the audience to feel sorry for the rapist. it's a horrifying commentary on how easily manipulated audiences are that they don't question the statement made by this movie. and even more sick, the rape is supposed to save the victim's life by waking her out of a coma, and she's not even upset about having been raped. how convenient! and how hidiously unrealistic. the reality is that rape victims are 14 times as likely to attempt suicide. many suffer post traumatic stress and horrible emotional devestation, inability to trust, physical trauma, etc. and so on. this film is nothing but a 2 hour sick, twisted, evil rapist's fantasy. it's a disgusting stab in the back to rape victims everywhere to support this film. it's no better than "birth of a nation". … Expand
  2. SimonH.
    Jun 9, 2003
    3
    The gimmick of 'Talk to Her' is its higly sentimental content. People who loved and who disliked the movie would agree on this. The whole movie is surrounded by death, love, sadnness and other sorts of situations that make the movie seem more significant than it really is. What point does the movie achieve? I doubt that it suggests to cure patients by raping them. Or that the justice system is too harsh, or even that people do not undersatnd love. In the end it just turns out to be cheap fantasy love that is in some sense parallel to the other. As I said, the movie has no profound significance although appearing to have more. Nevertheless not all is bad. Fragemnts of some dialogues attempt to save the movie. Photography is good and acting is also good. See it, and judge for yourself.… Expand
  3. rockbox
    Jul 10, 2005
    0
    How do we know that benigno raped alicia? maybe marco did it, you never see who does it, yet you see how obsessed by alicia marco really is. think again people.
  4. JustinP.
    Mar 25, 2003
    2
    Pretentious, boring, tasteless, marred by unconvincing dialogue and unsympathetic characters. This torturously self-conscious attempt at profundity is just bland when its not revolting. Some hauntingly beautiful photography is the only saving grace. Almodovar continues to enthrall the critics despite his repeatedly twisted themes and the solid mediocrity of his writing. His stunning success is a testament to the desire of critics to celebrate a great European director who diverts from Hollywood formulas, even if hes not really great and his movies would be more interesting if he did so.… Expand
  5. TonyK.
    Mar 28, 2003
    0
    This is pro-rape propaganda which uses violence against women to build sympathy for the male characters - it's hard to believe that anyone could sit through this film and miss this main point. This is not some deep, hip study of human nature - this is a crass, lazy film suggesting that a woman is rescued by being raped. Violence against women is not hip or arty, folks.

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Metascore
86 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 34 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    100
    Beautiful (sometimes sublimely so), daring (sometimes outrageously so), seriously crazed and terrifically funny.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    100
    When it's over, the realization of how much the movie means to you really sinks in; you can't get it out of your heart.
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  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    88
    This quiet yet jolting meditation on love, obsession, loneliness, friendship and fate has the quality to entrance you through a first viewing, and compel you to take its themes and characters home with you for further consideration.
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