Very, very cool, and often quite touching, but I've got to admit the plot totally flew over my head. This is very likely my fault, incidentally. Gael Garcia Bernal is, by the way, strangely attractive dressed up as a woman.

A pretty bold movie which depicts the ill effects of religious schooling. Great acting by Gael Bernal he makes it up even though there are almost no women in this movie.

While I thought there were many well-done aspects of the film, I felt that there was something missing. I can't pinpoint what (I was taken in by the unique plot, interesting characters, and impressive acting), I didn't really know how to react when I finished the movie. I think some of the director's other films are more focused and controlled. Props for originality, though.

I halfway suspect that Almodóvar is just a director who I'll never fully understand. His penchant for melodrama, excessive situations and over-the-top dialogue that doesn't ring true in my ears firmly removes it from the land of cinema and reaffirms it as spectacle. Granted, interesting spectacle, but never really something that moves me narratively or aesthetically.

I'm aware that this is supposed to be a bad Almodovar or something. I enjoyed it almost completely. It was an 80 on its own merits and I added five points for that stunning pink behind the impersonator. I look forward to the better received Almodovars, and the Godard comparisons are not lost.

Two boys discover love, movies and fear in a Christian school.