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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
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85 out of 100

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8.2 out of 10

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  • Starring: Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma
  • Summary: The wildly hysterical international box office hit, women on the verge of a nervous breakdown, introduces us to Pepa who has just been jilted by an answering machine. The love of her life, Ivan, has just ended their relationship and she is heartbroken. But misery does love company. (MGM)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    100
    The film is flushed with bright light and cartoon hues, nicely accenting the fast-paced stew of incidents.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    100
    The women here aren't afraid to get extreme about love, but in the end, you sense that they are too sound to destroy themselves over the worthless man they have allowed to personify it. That's what lifts Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown from the amusing to the sublime. [23 Dec 1988, p.23]
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    90
    The smiles don't fade until the finish of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown when we witness Pepa's realization that she has, in fact, come into her own and taken charge of her own destiny. [20 Dec 1988, p.1]
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  1. jimmytancredi
    8
    This movie certainly represents progresses in many of the most interesting aspects of Almodóvar's earlier works, the radical subjectivity of feelings, emotions and the exaggeration of strange mix of melodrama and comedy. Misunderstandings and confusion, as well as situations of vaudeville make the movie look like a comic farce, but firm touch of Almodovar's gift to make things different, with its exaltation of kitsch, gaudy colors and hyperbole.… Expand
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