Almodovar is brilliant at sly and sarcastic humour and I think he delivers here. As usual there are some bizarre bits, some gruesome bits and some sexual bits. Antonio Banderas is the main lead, a trainee matador who admits to a series of murders because of his stifling upbringing. His mentor at the same time spends a lot of time become aroused over violence and blood in horror films and doesn't seem overly upset when he finds out that Banderas has attempted to rape his girlfriend. It sounds horrible but actually with an Almodovar movie you can't really take the whole thing too seriously. It's just entertainment. Added to which is great fun for me to spot actresses from his other films popping up all over the place ( isn't Banderas' mother the head mother in 'Bad Habits'??)
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