Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Daniel S.

That's the Almodovar I like! Inventive without aimlessly shocking the audience. Here's a film about cinema. If you open and close your lens 24 times per second, you get a movie so Almodovar tries to open and close doors, cars, handcuffs, knots or women's legs 24 times per hour to show us that life is no more than a boring movie. Highly recommended.

Nicole Richie

It's a dangerous movie cause it turns obsession into a love story and rape into passionate love making. The ending was perfect and problematic at the same time. "Don't even mention the words porn and junkie."

Duncan Gray

80s Pedro is the best Pedro, because the sheer transgressive, whacky energy made his Z-bend narratives a feature, not a bug. For this one, which may (probably) offend, I'm not sure if it goes too far or if going too far is the point. Virtue #1: a vision of a world where libidos make people do strange things. Virtue #2: contrasting a stalker and a film director obsessed with the same woman but in different ways.

João Biscaia

There was something about this one that didn't quite... made it... there. It has everything an Almodóvar should have, but in the end it felt hollow.

Wee Hunk

Last film I watched on Filmstruck. Is it irresponsible to have a movie where a woman falls in love with the man who kidnapped her? I remember when crime movies couldn't have the criminals get away with it. It's just a movie. People are going to get bad ideas from films no matter what they're about. Just to balance things out there's Aldomovar's 'The Skin I Live In', which didn't turn out so well for Banderas.

Matthew Martens

A love triangle pitting three auteurs against one another, two of whom are imaginary and therefore beyond hope, a disadvantage that leaves Almodovar all alone dancing a victory lap; unless, of course, you count the company of his prized figment of feminine allure. 3.5. Quintessential Banderiana.

ramosbarajas

While the beginning is somewhat slow, when it picks up the pace, it becomes really entertaining. Although the story is rather controversial, I feel like it was executed rather well. The cinematography was, as always, perfect. It may not be up there with the rest of the Almodovar canon, but it is really well made.

angeldromero

A twisted love story, very entertaining and the chemistry between Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril feels quite real. A special note for the genius of the ending riding in the car singing along to "Resistiré", a scene that ties it all up, a scene where Antonio's character finally finds out the meaning of home.