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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 18 Jan 2007

A light, charming comedy with three murders and a death…

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By Cole Haddon (33) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 18 Jan 2007

The unpredictable way all these stories begin to weave together makes it impossible to know where Volver is going until the final act…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 17 Jan 2007

I'm not supposed to say this, as a woman, as a film critic, and particularly as a woman film critic, but I'm not a fan of Pedro Almodóvar…

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By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 12 Jan 2007

Volver shifts effortlessly from suspense to pathos to giddy humor; the cast members negotiate all these changes while delivering low-keyed,…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 11 Jan 2007

Raimunda believes that dirty linen should be washed at home: Thank goodness Almodóvar hangs some of it up on the screen to dry…

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By Ted Murphy (205) for Murphy's Movie Reviews (147) on 11 Jan 2007

[Almodóvar] raises some intriguing and moving ideas in Volver, but the plot strands are not woven tightly together, remaining loose and frayed…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 11 Jan 2007

Almodovar's in a playful mood here, yet there's no mistaking the seriousness with which he takes the movie's theme of empowerment through sisterhood…

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By Graham Rae (7) for Film Threat (5,156) on 02 Jan 2007

Speaking as a reviled straight male, I would say that the only true saving grace about this film is Penelope Cruz's performance…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 31 Dec 2006

Moderately enjoyable, but a step back rather than forward…

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By Les Wright (65) for culturevulture.net (793) on 30 Dec 2006

It is an impossible hybrid, (in the words of at least one observer) an epic comedy…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 30 Dec 2006

Far and away the best and most convincing work that she has ever done…

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By Jack Mathews (1,044) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 29 Dec 2006

For a black comedy whose tangled sequence of events is completely improbable, Pedro Almodóvar's Volver feels absolutely authentic…

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By Carrie Rickey (1,198) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 28 Dec 2006

Funny as it is fierce, breathtaking as it is life-affirming…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 22 Dec 2006

A rare success in the overcrowded (with formulaic disappointments) field of movies about estranged mothers and daughters who, at last, find…

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By Cherryl Dawson And Leigh Ann Palone (956) for TheMovieChicks.com (956) on 22 Dec 2006

Penelope Cruz lights up the screen in a role that she seems born to play; she's vibrant, funny, strong, and vulnerable…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 22 Dec 2006

Volver is rich, crazy, ambitious and filled with heaven and earth in a way that no other filmmaker can touch…

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By Terry Lawson (645) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 22 Dec 2006

If Almodovar is in great form, Cruz is even shapelier, with no small number of gags involving her cleavage…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 21 Dec 2006

Its buoyant script and zesty cast make a convincing argument that you can't fully appreciate life without having a healthy respect for death…

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By Phoebe Flowers (256) for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (746) on 21 Dec 2006

Volver is a rapturous, freewheeling valentine to the [female] gender as a whole, and as luxuriously voluptuous as the women who populate it…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 21 Dec 2006

The Cannes Film Festival jury threw up its hands and gave this year's Best Actress Award to all six of the film's stars…

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