- Studio: Fine Line Features
- Release Date: Dec 17, 2004
- Starring: Belén Rueda, Javier Bardem, Lola Dueñas
- Summary:
- Director: Alejandro Amenábar
- Genre(s): Biography, Drama
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 33 out of 38
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Mixed: 5 out of 38
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Negative: 0 out of 38
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100Based on a true story, the movie has abundant humor and uplift - but it's a heartbreaker of extraordinary dimension.
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80The more intimate scenes are almost unbearably poignant.
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80Rare is the motion picture which grapples with issues this provocative and profound. Rarer still is one which does so this well.
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Placid and rather attractive on the surface, with depths you can sense but which are never fully plumbed.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 29 out of 31
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Mixed: 1 out of 31
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Negative: 1 out of 31
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Barna10A very moving story, perfectly crafted from all angles.
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LizB.10Brilliant and subtle; so many layers of meaning for multiple watchings; profound.
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