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guardian.co.uk - 5/19/2009

Cannes film festival: Almodóvar's Broken Embraces reels you in

— guardian.co.uk — Pedro Almodóvar reunites with Penélope Cruz for a sensuous film-within-a-film that is a moviegoer's delight Pedro Almodóvar... has always managed to combine elegance and exuberance, and his latest movie is no exception: a richly enjoyable piece of ... (more) Cannes film festival: Almodóvar's Broken Embraces reels ...

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telegraph.co.uk - 5/19/2009

Broken Embraces at Cannes 2009 review

— telegraph.co.uk — Spain: Pedro Almodóvar; Penelope Cruz Lluis Homar. Rating (more) Broken Embraces at Cannes 2009 review

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indiewire.com - 5/13/2009

Does Cannes Matter?

— indiewire.com — A ritual of Spring for many, the Cannes Film Festival kicks off its 62nd edition on Wednesday... in the French Rivera, but does anyone care? Does the festival matter anymore? We posed that question to a cross section of film industry insiders, many of ... (more) Does Cannes Matter?

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‘Broken Embraces,’ ‘Vincere’ bow at Cannes
In Contention — ... , labels it “Almodovar lite” and discusses the film’s allusions to “Peeping Tom” (not “an old 50s movie,” by the way). Wendy Ide at the Times coolly calls it a “mixed bag of smart ideas … rather than a coherent, distinct work of art,” while the Telegraph’s David Gritten loves Penelope Cruz’s performance, saying it excels her recent Oscar-winning work, but ...

Caness 2009: Broken Embraces Trailer, Photos, Poster And Reviews
FilmoFilia — ... …The layered structure of the story is echoed effectively by the use of reflections and images within images in the film. There is, it has to be said, no shortage of ideas here, and cineastes will have fun spotting all the movie references. Still, ultimately a fundamental problem stems from just that: the film feels like a mixed bag of smart ideas and nods to other pictures, rather than a coherent, distinct work of art.” TimesOnline ...