Review of To Return (1982) by Costanzaa C — 01 Sep 2009
Although I'm still hoping to see another Almodóvar as amazing as Talk to Her, this is well worth watching. I tell you true, up until I saw this, I did not know that Penelope Cruz could act. She can, and she is amazing in this.
Not to mention that she has quite a good singing voice -- a bonus! I'm ready for anything, these days, and when that cultural flair for magical realism can come into play at any moment, I'm absolutely ready for ghosts to walk among us, talk to us, live with us, eat with us, and sleep with us.
Without spoiling anything, I hope, I want to tell you I was ready to believe, you know? How about you? Amazing how that turned around. Almodóvar loves women. If you've not figured that out, you'll realize it here.
Men? . . . A beautiful story about family and inter-generational communication and understanding. You know, if the daughter had not reminded Raimunda of the problem she'd had with her "father," about an hour into the movie, I would have forgotten about him and where he was, uh, hiding.
Women reign supreme here.
This review of To Return (1982) was written by Costanzaa C on 01 Sep 2009.
To Return has generally received very positive reviews.
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