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By Alan Zilberman (171) for Washington City Paper (500) on 13 Jan 2017

There are hard-learned lessons in Julieta, and they all amount to the need for empathy…

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By Dave P (388) on 13 Jan 2017

Weight, guilt, loss, and feminine passion…

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By Drew M (571) on 13 Jan 2017

A boring, mundane soap-opera of a film. That's 2 hours of my life I won't be getting back again either…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 12 Jan 2017

Whether by dint of his source material or his own maturity, the filmmaker has invested the surface sheen with tenderness and emotional depth…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 12 Jan 2017

While visually attractive and emotionally rich, the movie is also a rambling walk to an open-ended finale that fizzles out…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 12 Jan 2017

Think of Julieta as Pedro Almodovar unplugged…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 12 Jan 2017

When the effusive Pedro Almodóvar adapts the minimalist Alice Munro, he reveals the passions seething under the bleakness of the latter’s…

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By Tina Hassannia (118) for National Post (1,405) on 12 Jan 2017

It's not insulting to highlight a female character's sexuality in her narrative, but the way Almodóvar does it feels tacky and objectifying…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 12 Jan 2017

The moral of the story is clear: watch out for morals. They corrode the aforementioned generosity and understanding, leaving us lonely and bereft…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 06 Jan 2017

With Julieta, Almodóvar puts one central mystery front and center, but in solving it, provides answers to questions we may not even knew we had…

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By Anita Katz (182) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 06 Jan 2017

The cast's two Julietas both excel as their character's pre- and post-tragedy selves, who switch place mid-scene in a cinematic magic trick…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 05 Jan 2017

Grab hold of it -- the movie, but of course the elusive experience of existence itself as well -- before it evaporates…

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By Leonard Maltin (609) for leonardmaltin.com (584) on 05 Jan 2017

Julieta may not be one of Almodóvar's best efforts but it is still quite good, and that's no insult. It's a haunting story that's well worth seeing…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 05 Jan 2017

Almodóvar presents this material in a way that never splits our attention, even as he’s giving us a deluge of sensory and emotional detail…

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By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jan 2017

Julieta is a deeply satisfying, down-to-earth tale of grief and quiet rediscovery…

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By Aidan C (55) on 03 Jan 2017

A lesser Almodóvar that still retains a degree of his mystique…

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By Ming Siu G (306) on 03 Jan 2017

While the performances are fine, and there are some nice touches, this movie just didn't grab me…

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By Jamie Graham (285) for Total Film (3,532) on 01 Jan 2017

Sliding between past and present, Almodóvar drip-feeds revelations to hook viewers while crafting an affecting study of lost, grief and guilt…

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By Nathanael Hood (305) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 01 Jan 2017

It's one of Almodóvar's most frustrating films. But for all these reasons, it's also one of my favorites of his entire career…

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By Alex Ramon (14) for PopMatters (2,617) on 31 Dec 2016

Despite its flaws and compromises, though, there are enough intriguing elements to make a second engagement with Almodóvar's latest a fairly…

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