Critics reviews

As subtext it doesn't always work but as an opportunity for Saura to freely indulge in something that appealed to him, instead of all the Freudian tiptoeing around the Generalisimo, it's really pretty touching. It excuses more hamfisted skulduggery like when our man makes his lady friend work out in a prototype exercise rowboat. It boggles in the moment but in hindsight it's tough not to smirk at. The incisive and the ridiculous dance almost as much as Chaplin...