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- 2001
- R
- Island Pictures
- 2 h
- 2001
- R
- Island Pictures
- 2 h
Summary A re-release of the 1985 drama starring William Hurt and Raul Julia as a gay window trimmer and a political activist locked together in South American prison cell.
Directed By: Hector Babenco
Written By: Manuel Puig, Leonard Schrader
- 2001
- R
- Island Pictures
- 2 h
- 2001
- R
- Island Pictures
- 2 h
Kiss of the Spider Woman (re-release)
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8.3
Summary A re-release of the 1985 drama starring William Hurt and Raul Julia as a gay window trimmer and a political activist locked together in South American prison cell.
Directed By: Hector Babenco
Written By: Manuel Puig, Leonard Schrader
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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0% Mixed
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Don't be too quick to jump on Hurt with complaints of old-fashioned gay stereotyping. Only with a development well into the movie will the audience realize the layers he brought to Molina's role-playing.
Tells one of those rare and entrancing stories where one thing seems to happen while another thing is really happening.
Each man winds up owing the other -- and the enormity of the sacrifices they make on one another's behalf are quite moving and have not been duplicated in the movies since.
It packs an emotional punch despite shortcomings of story and style.
Appears strangely dated, and its unspecified location seems existentially hokey.
The film's theme of acceptance is undercut considerably by Hurt's overcalculated performance.
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Universal Acclaim
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8.3
81% Positive
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