Overrated and overhyped

Best movie ever!

An absolute waste of money

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

it came highly praised. just not the right flow for me. everything took too long and was too weird. I know some people like the foo foo performance art that is shown here but ... she's a ballet mistress says it all. it is nice to see the infrastructure in other societies. I could have also used some sub-titles for the song, too. also, isn't hable con ella talk with her not talk to her (just filling in the lines to pass the review requirement) OK more. each scene was long and involved things that I would say are uninterestingly odd. especially dance kind of things. not the dancing with the stars kind of things, but the DANCE kind of things and took time precious time slow time slow slow

Talk to Her, directed by Pedro Almodovar, is about the friendship between 2 men caring for 2 comatose women. With TTH, go in knowing very little about the plot and brave yourselves. This movie is an emotionally devastating juggernaut full of gut-wrenching story beats, moral ambiguity and meticulously constructed themes. Although TTH takes a little while to get going and certain things feel a bit illogical, once it hits its stride you'll be unable to look away. While the performances are all around excellent, the star of the show is Almodovar. His script is disturbing, haunting, moving and never boring, and the way he constructs the movie visually is brilliant but also ingeniously subtle, meaning he doesn't resort to loads of flashy visuals to tell the story. It's a film which rewards repeat viewings enormously, and the film is so layered and complex that you'll constantly be re-interpreting the film and noticing new details. TTH is a really excellent drama and an unusually intelligent one at that. It shows an auteur at the top of his game and to study and analyse the film is like studying and analysing a great novel. It's a film that's really worth checking out, just don't read any spoilers beforehand. It may not be a thriller, but it will leave you breathless.9/10

Pedro Almodovar's 2002 film HABLE CON ELLA is one of the film-maker's most elegant achievements. Benigno (Javier Camera) is a nurse in a Madrid hospital taking care of Alicia (Leonor Watling), a young ballerina who has lived in a coma for the last four years. Marco (Dario Grandinetti) is an Argentinian journalist who watches in horror as his torero girlfriend Lydia (Rosario Flores) falls into a coma after a bullfighting tragedy. The two men form an odd friendship, with Benigno's unwavering love for his ward contrasted with Marco's emotional turmoil. HABLE CON ELLA was the film sensation of the year that I moved to Spain, and I watched it many times then and later. After a recent viewing, I decided that I can fairly declare it to be a masterpiece.HABLE CON ELLA succeeds on several different fronts, from strong acting by this international cast to the bold use of colors and the cinematography. But for me the most memorable are the two psychological tricks Almodovar works in the plot. He inspires such sympathy in the viewer for Benigno, a character who upon rational reflection is arguably monstrous. Then, at the close of the film, he provides what seems like a heartwarming happy ending even when tragedy has unfolded for much of the film. On my recent viewing, I was especially touched by Marco's insightful musings on love in the last flashback scene.Almodovar's movies are often full of odd sexual twists, a fact with which this reviewer is well acquainted and quite used to. For viewers unused to the Spanish auteur, things may initially seem bizarre, but I would call on everyone who likes art cinema to give HABLE CON ELLA a chance.

People talking about Pedro Almodóvars masterpiece and so on... Let's just not exaggerate. Hable con ella is a good movie but I wouldn't call it a masterpiece. The story is easy to follow even if you don't speak the language, and it keeps you interested enough to try to find out what really happened with those comatose girls. I hate matadors so I was actually glad one was in a coma, she could not suffer enough. All the actors played their role brilliantly. Javier Cámara as Benigno Martín gave a good performance playing the weird nurse. I will for sure watch more movies from Almodóvar. He has his own typical style of making movies and it's different then most of the movies I watch.