Talk to Her

Name: Talk to Her
Genre: Drama
Released: November 22, 2002
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 86
Cast: Darío Grandinetti, Javier Cámara, Rosario Flores

2002

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: November 22, 2002 | R

Starring: Darío Grandinetti, Javier Cámara, Rosario Flores

Summary: A story about the friendship between two men, about loneliness and the long convalescence of wounds provoked by passion. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 112 min

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Joe Morgenstern

Beautiful (sometimes sublimely so), daring (sometimes outrageously so), seriously crazed and terrifically funny.

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Dallas Observer Andy Klein

No one can blend melodrama and heightened emotion with laugh-out-loud wackiness the way Almodóvar does. Read full review

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Like everything else in this superb work of art, ''Shrinking Lover'' is exquisitely Almodóvarian. It's funny, tender, a little shocking, and it pays homage to what we know about movies: that they can move us beyond words. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Almodovar also manages to conclude the film on a hopeful note, and one that will have many audience members wishing that he will someday return to tell more about these characters. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

Almodóvar has made a powerfully moving film about men who think they want to lose themselves in their women, then are startled to realize that they're the ones who have been comatose. Read full review

Ty Burr

Odd, moving, strained cinematic poetry. Read full review

J. Hoberman

Initial strangeness inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality and mystical tenderness becomes narrative expedience. Read full review

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ryancarroll88

Aug 27, 2010

It is a film of magic - whether it is diabolism or wonder, I can't say, but it is there, and it will captivate you. Almodovar has created an unmined dramatic space for us to dwell in, and knocks any preconceived notions of morality and certainty out of his twisted world, and carries us alongIt is a film of magic - whether it is diabolism or wonder, I can't say, but it is there, and it will captivate you. Almodovar has created an unmined dramatic space for us to dwell in, and knocks any preconceived notions of morality and certainty out of his twisted world, and carries us along into it.… Expand

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Noamtrb

Dec 26, 2017

I liked this mysterious film so much, I wrote a whole book explaining it (Look for "Dreamtalking" by Noam Traub on Amazon).

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Deanomite

Feb 2, 2020

Going through Almodovar movies chronologically is like watching evolution. Each one is more polished, incisive and interesting than the last. This has more developed characters and chemistry than I have seen. A female bullfighter with a phobia of snakes should be corny but it isGoing through Almodovar movies chronologically is like watching evolution. Each one is more polished, incisive and interesting than the last. This has more developed characters and chemistry than I have seen. A female bullfighter with a phobia of snakes should be corny but it is endearing, like Indiana Jones. Even a girl in a coma is developed. The photography has more layers and blends with the music nicely. By not using high profile actors, the focus is on the broader image. Definitely his best movie up to that point.… Expand

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AmurabiM.

Jun 9, 2006

This is a story about the friendship between two men, about solitude, about the long process of healing wounds provoked by passion, about communication and the lack of it in relationships. About cinema as an ideal vehicle in the realationships between people. Watching as the cinema as This is a story about the friendship between two men, about solitude, about the long process of healing wounds provoked by passion, about communication and the lack of it in relationships. About cinema as an ideal vehicle in the realationships between people. Watching as the cinema as storytelleing can stop the time and sets in the life of who´s telling the story and who listens it. "Talk to Her" is a movie about the joy of tell a story and about the words as a weapon of escape of loneliness, death and madness, that madness so close to tenderness and common sense that can´t be so different from reality. In "Talk to Her" there are moments of cinematic perfection, of sublime blend of music and image (as the great cateano veloso singing and the whole almodovarian crew listening --cecilia roth, marisa paredes, paz vega et al--) and moments of unbearable beauty. This is the second great masterpiece of a genius and the best example of narrative as cinema and viceversa.… Expand

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NickTheCritick

Nov 14, 2021

This is my third favourite Almodovar movie. Marco is a journalist specializing in tourist guides, Benigno a generous, perfect nurse. The latter has been taking care of Alicia, a (former) dancer, in a coma for four years. Marco has an affair with Lidya, a torera, who soon reaches Alicia inThis is my third favourite Almodovar movie. Marco is a journalist specializing in tourist guides, Benigno a generous, perfect nurse. The latter has been taking care of Alicia, a (former) dancer, in a coma for four years. Marco has an affair with Lidya, a torera, who soon reaches Alicia in the same hospital, reduced in turn to a coma. Benigno talks to his patient as if he were conscious, he tells her everything, daily life, thoughts, shows. Marco, less imaginative, just watches crying. Benigno (never had women, perhaps gay), teaches him to "talk to her", in fact.
The film takes unpredictable, disconcerting, alarming paths that I won't spoiler. This movie has a great melodrama power inside, all Almodovar poetry is evident here and his style is so clear and beautifully shown. One of his best, whitout a doubt.… Expand

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dominogodfrey

Jun 4, 2016

This is a horror movie starring a Spanish Norman Bates. Look out. This is a horror movie starring a Spanish Norman Bates. Look out. This is a horror movie starring a Spanish Norman Bates. Look out.

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Phabtar

Nov 2, 2010

This one is flawless. Personally I didn't watch much out of Hollywood movies but this certainly can convince that the best stuff is not only Hollywood, The underlying messages of loneliness, of friendship tends to take you by surprise sometime. Certainly can see why it's so criticallyThis one is flawless. Personally I didn't watch much out of Hollywood movies but this certainly can convince that the best stuff is not only Hollywood, The underlying messages of loneliness, of friendship tends to take you by surprise sometime. Certainly can see why it's so critically acclaimed. And my score reminds me that I'm not that much of a critic.… Expand

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