Review of Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) by Christopher S — 22 Dec 2010
Definitely one of the most underrated films I have seen from the last 30 years. The story was amazing with great twists and turns. The directing by Hector Babenco was very good although I thought the pacing could have been sped up a bit.
The character development of Valentin was unreal throughout the film. Raul Julia was a very underrated actor and this film was perhaps the best performance of his career which ended way too early. William Hurt was very good as Molina, and I believe broke new ground as the first straight man to play a gay man so well he won the Academy Award for his great performance (see Tom Hanks in Philadelphia, Sean Penn in Milk).
Hurt during the 1980s was the best character actor in the business and Kiss of the Spider Woman was the best of them all. Must see film.
This review of Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) was written by Christopher S on 22 Dec 2010.
Kiss of the Spider Woman has generally received positive reviews.
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