Review of Bad Education (2004) by Melanie B — 25 Dec 2009

Almodovar's biography, delightfully entertaining.

This review of Bad Education (2004) was written by Melanie B on 25 Dec 2009.

Bad Education has generally received very positive reviews.

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Revisited this one on the occasion of a podcast reviewing it and I must say that Almodovar's film holds up amazingly well, filled with clever…

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Este trabajo de Almodóvar podría ser el primero en el que la mujer no es la columna vertebral de la trama…

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Almodóvar has never been shy about experimenting with plot structure, but Bad Education is the closest he's ever come to a metamovie, the…

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An incredibly infectious story that has Hugh Jackman at his best. Had me and the wife on edge the entire time. Great piece of work…

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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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Another perfectly directed, beautifully written and wonderfully acted film that can only come from Pedro Almodóvar, Fele Martinez and GAEL…

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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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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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