Review of Bad Education (2004) by Debora G — 20 Feb 2009

This is not an easy view, but does it keep you hooked or what...

This review of Bad Education (2004) was written by Debora G on 20 Feb 2009.

Bad Education has generally received very positive reviews.

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I say that a movie is good when it makes me have empathy for a villain at some point of the movie, which was the case of the pedophile priest…

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Pedro Almodóvar's La mala educación is intriguing, fascinating melodrama about a series of stories masterfully joined together by Almodóvar's…

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Terrific in every sense of the word. cursing myself that it took me so long to relish this…

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Begins as comedy, morphs into drama and only belatedly introduces the noir requisites of subterfuge, cunning and death--none of which, by that…

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One of the best work of Pedro Almedor, with themes similar to those of his All About My Mother, he took rather more artistic way to explore…

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