Considering how many Letterboxd reviews amount to “good film but lost its way in the last act”, how refreshing to watch something that finds its footing about a third of the way through, once all the characters have really been established, and just grows from there.
Saying an Almodovar film is a “feast for the eyes” is a bit like calling a glass of water “cool and refreshing” but redundant as it may be to say, he really did commit…