A superb soundtrack, great performances and just a hint of controversy, this is Almodóvar on top form.

Almodovar uses the characters' unlikely predicaments to show how we define ourselves by narration, but his story is so overdetermined that ultimately the two men seem as constrained as their brain-dead sweethearts.

It's Almodovar's most mature and mysterious movie.

Almodovar’s simple script reveals itself in complex ways, asking the audience to empathize with his characters in situations that seem unusual, but feel all too human.