2003CC: Pedro Almodóvar

Submitted by lbangs on Wed, 04/23/2003 - 08:34
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  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (88): *****

  • Live Flesh (97): **** 1/2
  • All About My Mother (99): **** 1/2

  • Matador (86): ****
  • The Law of Desire (86): ****

  • What Have I Done to Deserve This? (84): *** 1/2
  • High Heels (91): *** 1/2
  • The Flower of My Secret (95): *** 1/2

  • Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (90): ***

  • Labyrinth of Passion (82): ** 1/2
  • Dark Habits (84): ** 1/2
  • Kika (93): ** 1/2

  • Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls on the Heap (80): * 1/2
Author Comments: 

This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent film critics to produce a list of each director's movies. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The films will be listed in a recommended viewing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start watching a director's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.

Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.

Scale:

***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst films ever