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  • 1996
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 1996
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 43 m

Summary Leo (Paredes), a writer of romance novels under the name Amanda Gris, is unable to write a happy ending for her latest novel after realizing her marriage to Paco (Arias) is ending. She finds a job as a book reviewer witht he help of her best friend Betty (Elias) and meets Angel (Echanove), an Amanda Gris fan who persuades her to review h...

Directed By: Pedro Almodóvar

Written By: Dorothy Parker, Pedro Almodóvar

  • 1996
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 1996
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 43 m

The Flower of My Secret

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
75
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
7.3
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Summary Leo (Paredes), a writer of romance novels under the name Amanda Gris, is unable to write a happy ending for her latest novel after realizing her marriage to Paco (Arias) is ending. She finds a job as a book reviewer witht he help of her best friend Betty (Elias) and meets Angel (Echanove), an Amanda Gris fan who persuades her to review h...

Directed By: Pedro Almodóvar

Written By: Dorothy Parker, Pedro Almodóvar

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
75
86% Positive
18 Reviews
10% Mixed
2 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
75
86% Positive
18 Reviews
10% Mixed
2 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review

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100
If Leo's situation seems like a typical opening gambit by the director of "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" and "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!", little else in this tight, quiet, razor-sharp film will feel familiar. [12 Apr 1996]
By Shawn Levy FULL REVIEW
90
Beautifully wrought and wonderfully acted, The Flower of My Secret is in fact the kind of film that George Cukor often made - and he surely would have been delighted at Almodovar's deft blend of humor, tenderness and wisdom. [13 Mar 1996]
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
7.3
63% Positive
10 Ratings
31% Mixed
5 Ratings
6% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
7.3
63% Positive
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31% Mixed
5 Ratings
6% Negative
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80
[Pedro Almodovar] does what he does best-finding poignance in the most melodramatic of modern lifestyles.
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78
Though The Flower of My Secret is not as crazed as "Women on the Verge," the movie marks the return of Almodóvar's delicious humor and a departure from the nastier streak that this Spanish director has been on recently.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
70
The picture seems muted, the flower's petals a little brown at the edges.
By Rita Kempley FULL REVIEW
63
It's bland as often as it is affecting, and presents little that's new or original.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
38
The Flower of My Secret is likely to be disappointing to Almodovar's admirers, and inexplicable to anyone else.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
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Production Company CiBy 2000, El Deseo
Release Date Mar 8, 1996
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating R
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Tagline Every woman has a secret...
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Awards

Goya Awards
• 7 Nominations
Spanish Actors Union
• 3 Nominations
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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