Review of What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) by Pj P — 17 Feb 2012
Gradually filling in movies I should have seen long ago. Amodovar visibly gets his ducks in a row here, comfortable moving into the credible (if barely) from the incredible (if barely) of Dark Habits. Wonderful heroic housewife Gloria (Carmen Maura), battling against the travails of working class life in 1980s Madrid, employs a range of strategies which include casual adultery, amphetamines, giving her young son to a paedophile dentist, playing voyeur for her â~putoâ(TM) friend and killing her husband with a ham (and hey this was made before Bigas Luna made Jamon, Jamon â" that Iberian ham is dangerous stuff).
With lots of lovely witty sub-plots, this is a must-see for us Almodovar fans. Watch it as well as 'The Skin I live In' boys and girls.
This review of What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) was written by Pj P on 17 Feb 2012.
What Have I Done to Deserve This? has generally received positive reviews.
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