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Pedro Almodovar has never had a poorly received film for over 25 years


It's quite amazing how he releases film after film that has been acclaimed by critics and audiences without a single dud for almost 3 decades now. What is your favourite pedro film that came out within the last 2 decades?

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Sorry, I am not familiar with his movies.

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Dont reply then

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not the way it works here buddy.

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Fine. You are wasting time though

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Maybe post a few of his movies.

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You got Google.

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find someone more obscure next time.

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Touche, howie!

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he is a bit sensitive.

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Yes, he also seems a bit high strung.

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Kinda bossy there, fork!

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He has had a lot of good ones, but not so sure about the premise. If you look here he has at least 13 rated under 6.
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?explore=title_type&role=nm0000264&ref_=filmo_ref_job_typ&sort=user_rating,asc&mode=detail&page=1&job_type=director

I would probably rate Talk to Her as his best.

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I was clearly referring to the last 25 years, not his whole career. He has not had a single critical dud since the early 90's.

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I'm So Excited wasn't well-received.

Julieta was poorly received by me, although generally it was well-enough liked.

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Films that he executive produced only don't count

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He wrote and directed both of those I mentioned.

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He did not. Underrated masterpiece but he only produced it.

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I'm referring to I'm so excited. I only saw it under the producer section. Not director or writer.

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His movies are totally not my cup of tea.

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"I'm So Excited" is a 5.6 and a 48% on RottenTomatoes. "Kika" is also. 6.6 and 57% on RottenTomatoes. That on is just outside the 25 year limit.

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1. I said since the 90's. Not his whole career.
2. Pedro only produced I'm so excited. Underrated masterpiece by the way

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Nope. He wrote and directed it.

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He only produced it. He was scheduled to have directed it but left before filming.

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Nope. Written and directed by him. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_So_Excited_(film)

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Anyone can edit wikipedia pages. He only produced it. Not directed it

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The other poster gave you an IMDb link which you claimed was broken, now you're denying what it says on Wikipedia. You're delusional. Try these.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/im_so_excited/

https://www.heyuguys.com/images/2012/12/Im-So-Excited.jpg

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The first link shows someone else directing it and the second felt like a poor photoshop.

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I think you need to call your dealer back because he laced his product with something that's making you not think right.

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The first link is clearly showing that the director was Pedro AlmodΓ³var.

And the IMDb link is not broken.

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Then he hired someone with the same name as director, which must have been awfully confusing on set.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2243389/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_3

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Link is broken

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i've watched a 1/2 dozen or so almodovar films, many of them recently since the criterion channel was featuring him for a spell. honestly, i was a bit underwhelmed by several of them, & flat out hated tie me up tie me down.

but i left the best for last in that i caught the skin i live in & talk to her most recently, & i thought both of those were absolutely terrific.

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he is good not great, there isnt one movie of his that is a certified masterpiece...........

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Exactly. I haven't given anything he's done over an 8.

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me too

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I had never heard of him either, so I googled him. Haven't seen any of his films.

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Don't reply then.

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Why not?

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Because he might find someone more obscure next time.

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But couldn't that potentially be fun? Maybe we could discover a diamond in the rough.

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Meh, probably the link is broken anyway.

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The grapes are probably sour?

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