Rotten
Mr. Almodovar's comic invention runs out too soon, leaving the audience to giggle weakly in anticipation of the big laughs and disorienting shocks that never arrive.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
A love story... with strings attached!
1990 · 1h 42m · NC-17
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Pedro Almodóvar
Overview
After being released from a mental hospital, a troubled young man tracks down an actress he once had sex with and forces her into captivity, determined to make her part of his life.
Director and cast
- Pedro Almodóvar Director
- Victoria Abril as Marina Osorio
- Antonio Banderas as Ricky
- Loles León as Lola
- Julieta Serrano as Alma
- María Barranco as Médico
- Rossy de Palma as Camello en Vespa
- Francisco Rabal as Máximo Espejo
- Lola Cardona as Directora psiquiátrico
- Montse G. Romeu as Periodista
- Emiliano Redondo Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
69%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A writer-director driven by his passion, Almodovar allows his movies to moan and sweat and writhe. Sex looks like sex, not pornographic but messy and warm. The curtains do not billow, the sheets burn.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Rotten
Almodovar's polarities are so perfectly lined up in opposition to my own that it is quite possible for one of his movies to shoot right through my brain without striking a single cell.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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