High Heels

Name: High Heels
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: December 20, 1991
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 51
Cast: Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé, Victoria Abril

1991

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Miramax Films | Release Date: December 20, 1991

Starring: Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé, Victoria Abril

Summary: Rebecca (Abril) married her actress mother's (Paredes) first love. When he is murdered, they come to terms with their relationship with each other.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 112 min

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Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert

An Almodovar film is always an exercise in style, but High Heels also generates narrative energy and mystery, and provides what was, for me, a genuine surprise at the end. Read full review

Chicago Tribune - Dave Kehr

It's an admirable attempt, though a less than completely successful one. The film's disappointments lie not so much in Almodovar's controlled, respectful direction as in the strange gaps and displacements of his screenplay, which never seems to supply the scenes we most want to see. [20 Dec 1991]

TV Guide Magazine - Staff (Not Credited)

A stylish but disappointing spoof which lacks the satiric gusto of director Pedro Almodovar's earlier works. Read full review

Boston Globe - Jay Carr

Mostly it's Paredes' imperious - then surprisingly generous - high-handedness that carries High Heels. [20 Dec 1991]

Chicago Reader - Jonathan Rosenbaum

Those who miss the wildness of his premainstream work will probably be only partially appeased. Read full review

Christian Science Monitor - David Sterritt

The story is stylishly filmed and acted with high spirits, but there's not much going on in many of its colorful shots. Read full review

Washington Post - Hal Hinson

It feels more like a prosaic knockoff than a classically inspired original. Read full review

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