La mala educación

Skinnedteen

Such a metamodernist approach to filmmaking! It isn't an Almodovar film without the characters interweaving each other's stories. I don't understand why anyone would rate this anything lower than 3 stars with its complexity and stylisticly twisted narrative. A must-see queer film!

Duncan Gray

One of Almodovar's most rigorous films: stories within stories, identities within identities. Often times, it's hard to discern a point in his endings other than the points along the way: a genuine love of outsiders, a lust for life, and an even greater lust for fiction. This one is about how tangling the last two can get downright dangerous, and his abiding theme is the strange routes that life takes.

mpho3

I'm in the minority, but I hated this film. Almodovar is a fine director whose work I often love and sometimes hate. Bad Education bored me. I found it to be claustrophobic, and I didn't like any of the characters enough to spend 2 hours with them. The acting was great, and I did want to know how it ended, but when all was said and done I would've preferred to have spent my time some other way.

Richmond Hill

Where the Almodovar confidence in constructing an assured sheen over a patchwork of less convincing elements shows. The mechanics of parallel, then overlapping 'realities', are more interesting than the familiar themes of identity and abuse of power. There's a sense of treading water here, but never less than vividly poised; although the idiomatic flourishes of vernacular Spanish are lost to this non-fluent speaker.

Jérémy Poirier

The less you know about this film before taking a plunge into it the better. With this film (the third I've seen from him) I now understand the genius of Pedro Almodóvar's exquisite films.

L.A.™

Aside from the ending. It is vintage Alomodovar showing how great his skill are. The homage to hitchcock make this a must see for any of his fans. Just try and forgive him for the ending though.

Robert H. Stevens

A dark, intriguing film about deception, ambition and manipulation. It steps over the boundary into self-indulgence periodically, but it will leave you with a heavy heart and mind.

Diogo Moreira

Amazing story, amazing screenplay. Gael García Bernal is great and his acting is phenomenal! A melodrama, that just like Almodóvar, does not let you down.