It doesn't matter how much you care; a transactional arrangement is always going to feel more hollow than just showing up without money involved, because you want to be there ... The things she did in her personal life when she wasn't being paid weren't as explicit, but they were more intimate, precisely *because* she wasn't being paid...
A friend sent this to me because he wanted to know my thoughts on it... I can see why; it was a…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I really, really, fervently wish that they hadn't wasted the first half of this film on 'Disabled Comedy Hijinks' ... ("Hey guys; the blind guy is driving the van. Isn't that hilarious?!" - No. No it isn't. That shit was stale in "See No Evil, Hear No Evil", back in 1989 ... Do better!).
Sex is a serious subject (especially for somebody in my position, although I have had limited experience) ... but you see a lot of sex in…
As is customary with Almodovar, there is some wonderfully florid dialogue; he even finds time for some moments of tenderness, too.
Ethan Hawke overdoes the 'Bale Batman voice', though!
People can become blinded by the opportunity to use religion for their own ends, forgetting the purity of simple Faith ...
As quietly revelatory in its own way as "The Last Temptation of Christ".
A muddy mess.
Jonathan Majors is the best thing about it - which pains me to admit, given how he is as a person!
