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Lobos sucios (2015)
Gripping war history drama
A really good story inspired by historical facts, well interpreted directed and with beautiful photography. I suspect that some of the negative ratings may be politically motivated, aimed at shooting down a movie highlighting the brutality of Franco's regime and the shame of their support of Nazi Germany criminal warfare.
La piel que habito (2011)
A disappointing Almodovar
Even a long-standing passion for Almodovar like my wife's and mine could not save this from being his his worst film we have seen, ever (I hope we should not say "to date"). Starting from a superficial, almost childish depiction of the deviant surgeon's research this movie does little else than indulging in clichés. Would it have been so hard to obtain competent medical/scientific advice and write a more credible script?
Even the elegant cinematography cannot rescue such a poor plot, uninteresting dialogues and complete lack of psychological depth of the main character.
In summary this is a completely uninspired Almodovar and what a missed opportunity for restarting work with Antonio Banderas.
Sorry Pedro, but you can do a lot better than that.