Pedro, no not my dad, the Spanish one, Almodóvar, has a cheeky face. His mate, Penélope, I always thought, looked like a transmogrified duck. That's not a criticism by the way. Her breasts seem to have grown since she last got them out, whenever that was? I liked them. Perhaps she's been doing those "I must, I must, I must improve my bust!" exercises the kids at school used to go on about?

The story in this film is rather uninspired and melodramatic, occasionally humorous. It always looks pretty though and it's the directorial style that saves this film from amounting to nothing more than a hill of beans. A hill...of beans!

Another fine collaboration between Pedro Almodóvar and muse Cruz. But it remains a tad unredeemed this time around.

I had, or at least thought I had, problems with the time jumps during the first half of the film. Because everyone more or less looked exactly the same to me whether it was 1994 or 2008. I demand different hairstyles in such cases!
It turned out it didn't matter that much so I guess it was alright. But if it wasn't of any particular significance, then why use it at all?

Almodóvar's use of colors is great as always. And he finds actors with fantastic faces. But this film really misses an ending.

A blind scriptwriter's past comes back to haunt him. He must go back and re-examine all the events that lead to the present in order to be at peace with himself. Another great one by Almodovar.

Another gripping drama from Almodovar. It's only flaw is that the final third, for me, becomes unnecessarily elongated, tainting what is otherwise a brilliant piece of cinema.

Great film by Almodovar. Some great cinematography. Story was easy to follow although I wasn't sure until the end whether Harry Caine was actually blind or just faking it. Also a little hard to believe super hot women would have sex with an unattractive bald man twice their age.

Pedro, no not my dad, the Spanish one, Almodóvar, has a cheeky face. His mate, Penélope, I always thought, looked like a transmogrified duck. That's not a criticism by the way. Her breasts seem to have grown since she last got them out, whenever that was? I liked them. Perhaps she's been doing those "I must, I must, I must improve my bust!" exercises the kids at school used to go on about?

The story in this film is rather uninspired and melodramatic, occasionally humorous. It always looks pretty though and it's the directorial style that saves this film from amounting to nothing more than a hill of beans. A hill...of beans!

Debo confesar que tarde un tiempo en entender el amor por las cintas de Almodovar. Al principio pense que eran demasiado melodramaticas y artificiales pero luego descubri que detras de los excesos existia un contexto autobiografico por parte del director y empece a comprender su atractivo narrativo.
Sin duda ame su cinta "Volver" donde Penelope Cruz dio una brillante actuacion. Ambos se reunen de nuevo para "Los Abrazos Rotos" y aunque carece del impacto dramatico de la cinta previa, esta resulta una historia muy interesante con excelentes actuaciones.
Cruz demuestra de nuevo que con la ayuda del director puede lucir su talento (algo que no sucede cuando hace peliculas en Hollywood).
"Los Abrazos Rotos" no es de las obras mas sobresalientes de Almodovar pero si es una pelicula muy recomendable.

s notiek ja vecs un ļoti bagāts perdelis iemīlās savās sekretārē, tas laikam nav īpaši jāskaidro. Īpaši ja sekretāre ir ar Penelopes Krūzas dotumiem un nabadzīga un vispār meitene bez nākotnes... Tikām vecais perdelis var nodrošināt jebkuru šīs iegribu, sākot no palīdzības tēva ārstēšanā un beidzot ar filmas uzņemšanu ar savu mīļoto galvenajā lomā. Tikai jaunā skaistule sazin kāpēc nemīl veco perdeli, bet gan režisoru, kurš nu akls būdams mūs lēnām ieved šīs filmas stāstā un noslēpumi atklājās viens pēc otra... Nav no vieglajām filmām, bet kura drāma tad tāda ir... Skaisti, sāpīgi un liktenīgi te viss notiek. Nekādas haltūras. Almodovaram šis atkal ir izdevies! Penelope ir laba.

A paixão de Almodovar pela sétima arte nutre nossa paixão por seu cinema.
Almodovar's passion for cinema nourishes our passion for his films.