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By Luis Martínez (274) for El Mundo (Spain) (301) on 21 Jun 2016

The perfect deconstruction of the melodrama film. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Lucero Solórzano (126) for Excelsior (313) on 06 Jun 2016

Almodóvar is back doing what he does best: well-written, complex stories that explore the soul of women, intimate art direction, great performances,…

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By David Sexton (322) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 21 May 2016

Julieta is a harrowing examination of broken maternity and ever-present mortality, suggesting only those who have known such loss can grasp it…

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By John Bleasdale (289) for CineVue (2,163) on 20 May 2016

For all the glib élan on display, there is very little being said, above and beyond the slickness of a well-tuned melodrama…

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By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out London (344) on 19 May 2016

It might be familiar territory for Almodóvar, but only a master of his art could make it look so easy…

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By Alberto Sáez Villarino (72) for El antepenúltimo mohicano (311) on 19 May 2016

An average work whose only highlight is the writer's name. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Sophie Monks Kaufman (221) for Sight and Sound (827) on 19 May 2016

A surprisingly flat offering from Spain's most vibrant auteur…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 18 May 2016

Almodóvar has directed what’s basically a melodrama as if it were a thriller—a fascinating experiment that doesn’t always work as intended,…

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By Luis Caviaro (6) for Espinof (390) on 18 May 2016

The way Almodóvar stages everything is too static and minimalist. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Talia Soghomonian (8) for Collider (1,032) on 18 May 2016

Elegant and seamless. The film's intrigue grows with each frame…

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By Oscar Uriel (71) for Cinema Movil (182) on 17 May 2016

Probably the most conventional film made by Almodóvar, but one thing is certain: he knows how to approach female figures in cinema…

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By Leonardo Garcia Tsao (41) for La Jornada (66) on 17 May 2016

There is no vitality in the story or the images on screen. Everything is explained through dialogue and the end result is, at best, decent…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 May 2016

While Almodóvar may move his characters around like a god (or at least a moralist), his attention to detail and his fondness for unexpected…

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By Jo-Anne Titmarsh (79) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 17 May 2016

Almodovar has toned down the melodrama and ditched the nonsense to create a mature and restrained movie…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 16 May 2016

It’s one of his least crazy films in narrative terms, but you couldn’t call it subdued, because the colours and textures he’s coaxed…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 16 May 2016

If the resulting film, Julieta feels neither wholly Munro nor typically Almodovar in final execution, there is still a very compelling energy…

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By Rory O'connor (154) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 16 May 2016

Riffing on Spanish telenovelas, Hitchcock, and film noir, Almodóvar and his production team have put together a slight, but undeniably gorgeous…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 16 May 2016

It's one thing to make a minor, accomplished work after focusing on grander statements, but Julieta mainly disappoints because it feels like…

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By Diego Lerer (25) for Otroscines.com (322) on 16 May 2016

Not one of the best films in Almodóvar's filmography, but it's a welcomed attempt to go back to the escential emotions shown in his first…

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By Sam C. Mac (54) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 16 May 2016

For Almodóvar, the film represents a holding pattern similar to the ones that his characters can't escape from…

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