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Title: Sub-Almodovar is still good Almodovar
Review: Not as good as some other Almodovar films in my opinion but it has had wild success in N. America. It's certainly his most conventional film so far even though it is abound with the requisite transvestites and pregnant nuns. The obvious difference is that Almodovar pays tribute to women this time around whereas, in the past, he had fetishized them (which was something I, ever the sophisticate, didn't particularly mind). As per usual, Almodovar presents bizarre situations with bizarre characters and lets them play out in soap-opera-ish melodrama. It's kitschy and it's fun, as always.
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