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Pain and Glory

Dolor y gloria

2019

Pedro Almodóvar

Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz, Leonardo Sbaraglia ...

6.8

31,889

Drama A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The director delivers another sensuous and deeply personal gem (...) There is a masterful nimbleness in Almodóvar’s narrative style (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jonathan Holland The Hollywood Reporter	"It’s unlikely to be remembered with any great fondness by all but Almodovar diehards, its self-regarding inwardness suggesting that he’s struggling, as his hero is here, to find something new to say."
		Peter Debruge Variety	"The result is a mature work of meticulously tuned metafiction, erupting with so many of the director’s signature touches (...) [It rejects] broad melodrama in pursuit of a subtler, more direct form of authenticity"
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"A surprise in all ways except its surpassing quality, 'Pain and Glory' reveals master Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar forging dazzling new paths while being completely himself."
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Pedro Almodóvar’s best movie in years (...) Antonio Banderas excels (...) 'Pain and Glory' has the emotional resonance of an artist coming to terms with the intimate nature of his work"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"'Pain and Glory' can be achingly sad, but its pleasures, rainbow hues and humor keep it (and you) aloft."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Pedro Almodovar Delivers His ‘8 ½’ (...) You can feel his passion for cinema in every frame. Pain and Glory is not just his most personal film. It’s also one of his greatest (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (sobre 5)"
		Nicholas Barber BBC	"Unless you view 'Pain and Glory' through a filter of deep affection for Almodóvar, you will see it as minor work: not painful, but not glorious, either (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"It’s a wonderfully evocative affair with a subtle, soulful performance from Antonio Banderas (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Alfonso Rivera Cineuropa	"'Pain and Glory' will thrill Pedro’s fans, but it won’t be of interest to the rest of the audience"
		Steve Pond The Wrap	"A beautiful meditation on past and present, a memory piece that will nourish rather than provoke."
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"[Banderas] gives an impressively honest and touching performance (...) [It] is an uneven dabble in sense memory, with a clever last shot that redeems things slightly – but can’t altogether save it (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ed Frankl The Film Stage	"At times, 'Pain and Glory' feels distant, controlled, unwilling to show emotional its hand. By its close it’s a film that clings onto your heartstrings and doesn’t let go."
		Anthony Frajman FilmInk	"An honest and remorseful examination of a man who has had more regrets than delights – more pain than glory"
		David Sexton London Evening Standard	"[It] is nothing less than delicious, a perfectly poised creation that has you leaving the cinema feeling better about the world (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Donald Clarke Irish Times	"Banderas excels (...) Wonderful (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Paddy Kehoe RTÉ	"We, as viewers, are alert at every moment to what will happen next. Call it suspense then, but it's suspense of a very sophisticated kind. Superb (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"Almodóvar's most intensely personal film is also movingly elegiac (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		James W. Anderson entertainment.ie	"Antonio Banderas' finest peformance in years (...) It is raw and honest (...) It is a film that comes straight from the heart and well worth seeing (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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