Julieta (2016)

Date	User	Rating
May 23	closedmouth	70 _40%
The plot overload verges on comical at times (it feels like three seasons of a soap opera condensed into 100 minutes), but the pacing keeps it interesting, and there’s some really subtly cutting commentary that gradually emerges as it goes on. That final shot is an all-timer
Apr 09, 2021	driscarpin	84 _75%
Julieta estreava há 5 anos na Espanha. Baseado na extraordinária tríade de contos Ocasião, Daqui a Pouco e Silêncio presentes no livro Fugitiva da grande escritora canadense Alice Munro, o filme é bem fiel a eles, com exceção do final que nos proporciona um quentinho no coração, longe do pessimismo dos originais. DVD Universal.
Jan 16, 2021	oncelmiran	94 _88%
Best Almodóvar film ever!
Oct 26, 2019	KasperL	60 _50%
Ugarte is very attractive, but the relatively banal story is ultimately left too open-ended to satisfy.
Sep 29, 2019	DawdlingPoet	70 _53%
This is a stylish and visually colourful film by Pedro Almodovar. It has a pretty decent sense of mystery about it, although I'm not sure I followed every plot detail. It features decent characterisation and will likely keep people guessing, in terms of the eventual outcome. There is a certain sadness to it. This is a film you need to concentrate on to fully follow and its certainly an intriguing watch. Its not quite what I'd consider excellent but certainly good enough, I recommend this film.
Sep 03, 2019	djross	60 _61%
A lot of Hitchcockian stylistic elements thrown into this melodrama, along with this filmmaker's usual attention to aesthetic detail, as well as a lot of doublings and symmetries that make the film more interesting but perhaps more mechanical as well. Almodóvar really seems to have a thing for comas. Some of the women seem very beautiful in this film, in particular Michelle Jenner, but also Adriana Ugarte and Mariam Bachir.
Nov 11, 2017	jpotII	30 _24%
Escorpião. Pagão.
Sep 14, 2017	Gursu	6 _65%
I liked it a lot. It felt meaningful to me. The actors are very good and the characters they play are interesting, human and lovable. And there is a scene that students of cinema may want to study: !!! SPOILER !!! The scene where her daughter and her daughter's friend are drying the young Julieta's hair with a towel. The towel covers her entire face. When the girls are finished and the towel is lifted, we see the old Julieta instead of the young. A nice way to convey the passage of time.
Aug 11, 2017	Icarus	82 _69%
This is a film that mostly simmers beneath the surface, and it builds to an affecting and complex conclusion. Almodovar's bright colors punctuate the action as we witness the transformative power of opening oneself to others.
Jul 09, 2017	smilksta	80 _64%
Sharp colors and emotions, real, pure and impossible to hide.
Jul 04, 2017	fmoraes	80 _73%
2017/07/02
Jun 12, 2017	glumpy_99	90 _81%
One of Almodovar's best is a robust melodrama, effortlessly and lightly directed with a striking use of colour throughout. Occasionally seems to be reaching for something more profound, but ultimately rests on being a good story spectacularly told; helped immensely by the twin performances of Suarez and Ugarte, which mesh and marry so well, you would swear they were the same performer!
Apr 26, 2017	PUNQ	40 _58%
Narrated like a noir mystery, but is really about dealing with love and loss. Didn't fully work for me. On one hand it was cool, on the other false. The styles didn't really connect, though the story was okay.
Feb 09, 2017	zwyk	65 _46%
the melodramatic tone sounds annoying a good part of the movie, but the honesty of the story overcomes most of the melodramatic excess - an extremely powerful story created with absolutely regular characters, in regular life situations (inside certain peculiar events), beautiful.
Feb 07, 2017	Shellish	94 _98%
I wish there was more... I need to know more...
Feb 07, 2017	Suture Self	9 _91%
A gorgeous film about loss and the distance it creates between people.
Jan 28, 2017	alanstrang	75 _61%
I suspect Almodovar is a woman. His ability to take what would otherwise have been a mediocre Turkish movie screenplay and turn it into a beautiful drama -with a very good calibration of pace- is remarkable.
Jan 21, 2017	AAAutin	46 _39%
How do you say "Lifetime" in Spanish?
Jan 16, 2017	randori	20 _4%
ne anlatmak istemis hicbir fikrim yok
Jan 16, 2017	Darren	80 _75%
Was taken aback by the ending not because I care about closed endings but i just wanted to see more of these characters because the end is a tad unsatisfactory (the resolution with the daughter in particular). Great colour palate
Jan 15, 2017	Judo Koala	73 _44%
Almodóvar, but somewhat more subdued. You'll know what to expect if you're already accustomed to his works. Doubt this will stick with me a few months down the line.
Jan 15, 2017	chengming	65 _47%
Another glorified telenovela.
Jan 13, 2017	Seethruskin	4 _52%
I really liked the way the colours were used in this film. This reminded me somewhat of Blue Jasmine.
Jan 03, 2017	ptravers2	6 _54%
Pedro Almodóvar is the wild man of world cinema, a great, flamboyant talent whose films shimmer with his own vivid and hotly sexual take on the world. Not this time. Julieta, adapted from a trio of short stories by Pulitzer-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, is more of the author than Almodóvar - the movie is a genuflection to the restraint and detail of her prose. This isn't a bad thing. It's just a different approach for the Spanish provocateur.
Dec 26, 2016	PetrosTser	70 _65%
"Julieta" might have an overly melodramatic main storyline and for at least half of its duration holds few surprises, yet it moves along without being tiring and is benefited a lot by Almodóvar's reliably captivating direction, the very good and realistic acting and the final half, which is arguably a little more challenging in terms of storytelling. Overall it's nothing earth-shattering but culminates very well, has beautiful cinematography and is very believable and at times genuinely moving.
Dec 23, 2016	Neonman	73 _46%
A rather ordinary and frustratingly over-ambiguous story is strengthened by the director's handling of how the story plays out, the acting, the two lead actresses playing the same character across several decades of her life, the colours, and the occasional kookiness, all of which helps get the most drama out of what ends up being an underwhelming emotional journey.
Nov 23, 2016	marazi	75 _41%
sevdim ama biraz eksik bişiler
Nov 02, 2016	aalperraa	75 _55%
28.10.2016, Buyulu Fener Kizilay
Aug 29, 2016	Bown	83 _68%
really wasn't fussed about this at the beginning but each act is better than the last and i totally cried at the end. like a more muted version of Almodovar's lady tales.
Aug 27, 2016	mandy	7 _74%
A colourful celebration of life and relationships, but I found this the most somber of his films. Still beautiful to watch and quite moving
Aug 01, 2016	Carlospro	80 _81%
não chega perto dos melhores, mas é sempre bom ver a gramática do Almodóvar
Jul 29, 2016	shalev	83 _69%
Solid drama from Almadovar. What really stood out for me is Julieta's transition along the years, it was really smooth and believable, and at the same time intriguing and moving.
Jul 16, 2016	moraesfelipe	64 _57%
Taken for granted, but this self-contained melodrama (with sparks of his old films) might open up a whole new window for Almodóvar's career.

Average Percentile 51.62% from 628 Ratings