What Have I Done to Deserve This?

Rating:
Summary: Great dark comedy
Review: Almovodar's Best! (Terrible first date movie, however, with the opening sex scene). Humor along the lines of "Eating Raul".

Rating:
Summary: Great dark comedy
Review: Almovodar's Best! (Terrible first date movie, however, with the opening sex scene). Humor along the lines of "Eating Raul".

Rating:
Summary: Great dark comedy
Review: Almovodar's Best! (Terrible first date movie, however, with the opening sex scene). Humor along the lines of "Eating Raul".

Rating:
Summary: Dark Humor Gives the Film its Edge
Review: As a North American, one is subject to films which are essentially shallow, mindless and repetitious. Rarely is there a film that comes as a surprise. However, Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto offers a completely different cinematic experience. Pedro Almodovar's use of dark humor in Qué he hecho yo is what I found most appealing. The film takes a peek into the lives of the members of a poor working class family and explores their many problems in a tragic but comic way. The film opens with a shot of an enormous apartment complex similar to "the Projects" of the United States defining the films dark aspects and the tragic situation of the family. Soon, the close up takes us into the tiny apartment which is decorated in humorously bad taste, "kitsch". This allows the audience to relax and laugh as it reveals the film's dark humor. Furthermore, the film deals with subjects such as prostitution, child molestation, adultery, murder, drug addiction, and poverty. What I found most interesting was the way in which Almodovar manages to poke fun at these issues. A North American film would never even dare to mention child molestation unless it suggested that the criminal would end up dead, however Qué he hecho yo presents a mother who allows her young son to live with his homosexual dentist after he makes advances towards the boy at his practice. Interestingly, it is one of the films funniest moments. Hence, the film is truly a must see for anyone wishing to escape the monotony of American cinema and who enjoys an unconventional dark comedy.

Rating:
Summary: Dark Humor Gives the Film its Edge
Review: As a North American, one is subject to films which are essentially shallow, mindless and repetitious. Rarely is there a film that comes as a surprise. However, Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto offers a completely different cinematic experience. Pedro Almodovar's use of dark humor in Qué he hecho yo is what I found most appealing. The film takes a peek into the lives of the members of a poor working class family and explores their many problems in a tragic but comic way. The film opens with a shot of an enormous apartment complex similar to "the Projects" of the United States defining the films dark aspects and the tragic situation of the family. Soon, the close up takes us into the tiny apartment which is decorated in humorously bad taste, "kitsch". This allows the audience to relax and laugh as it reveals the film's dark humor. Furthermore, the film deals with subjects such as prostitution, child molestation, adultery, murder, drug addiction, and poverty. What I found most interesting was the way in which Almodovar manages to poke fun at these issues. A North American film would never even dare to mention child molestation unless it suggested that the criminal would end up dead, however Qué he hecho yo presents a mother who allows her young son to live with his homosexual dentist after he makes advances towards the boy at his practice. Interestingly, it is one of the films funniest moments. Hence, the film is truly a must see for anyone wishing to escape the monotony of American cinema and who enjoys an unconventional dark comedy.

Rating:
Summary: Dark Humor Gives the Film its Edge
Review: As a North American, one is subject to films which are essentially shallow, mindless and repetitious. Rarely is there a film that comes as a surprise. However, Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto offers a completely different cinematic experience. Pedro Almodovar's use of dark humor in Qué he hecho yo is what I found most appealing. The film takes a peek into the lives of the members of a poor working class family and explores their many problems in a tragic but comic way. The film opens with a shot of an enormous apartment complex similar to "the Projects" of the United States defining the films dark aspects and the tragic situation of the family. Soon, the close up takes us into the tiny apartment which is decorated in humorously bad taste, "kitsch". This allows the audience to relax and laugh as it reveals the film's dark humor. Furthermore, the film deals with subjects such as prostitution, child molestation, adultery, murder, drug addiction, and poverty. What I found most interesting was the way in which Almodovar manages to poke fun at these issues. A North American film would never even dare to mention child molestation unless it suggested that the criminal would end up dead, however Qué he hecho yo presents a mother who allows her young son to live with his homosexual dentist after he makes advances towards the boy at his practice. Interestingly, it is one of the films funniest moments. Hence, the film is truly a must see for anyone wishing to escape the monotony of American cinema and who enjoys an unconventional dark comedy.

Rating:
Summary: literally full of surprises
Review: At a time when most filmmakers seem to live in mortal fear of letting fresh ideas slip in, we should be grateful for Pedro Almodovar. This film is literally full of surprises. Every scene (yes, every single scene) moves in an unexpected direction (even my telling you this will not prepare you for the twists), and the characters constantly reveal new aspects of themselves. Most remarkably, Almodovar does all this without giving any sense of straining for novelty: all the surprises form a coherent whole; each revelation about a character seems after all consistent with what we knew before. Oh, and the film is very, very funny. (I must make one qualification to my claim of the film's originality. Almodovar, late in the film, swipes from a certain story by Roald Dahl. He does, though, put his own spin on these scenes.)

Rating:
Summary: it's not the 1st
Review: I wold only like to say that this is one of Almodovar's best films, but I also want to say (replying to a customer above) that this is not his 1st film. Previously, he recorded "Pepi Luci Bom and other girls of the heap" (1978-80), "Labyrinth of Passion" (1982) an "Dark Habits"(1983), as well as a greast deal of short films. I'd like to add that Almodovar films are wonderful, and it's not because I'm Spanish.

Rating:
Summary: it's not the 1st
Review: I wold only like to say that this is one of Almodovar's best films, but I also want to say (replying to a customer above) that this is not his 1st film. Previously, he recorded "Pepi Luci Bom and other girls of the heap" (1978-80), "Labyrinth of Passion" (1982) an "Dark Habits"(1983), as well as a greast deal of short films. I'd like to add that Almodovar films are wonderful, and it's not because I'm Spanish.

Rating:
Summary: it's not the 1st
Review: I wold only like to say that this is one of Almodovar's best films, but I also want to say (replying to a customer above) that this is not his 1st film. Previously, he recorded "Pepi Luci Bom and other girls of the heap" (1978-80), "Labyrinth of Passion" (1982) an "Dark Habits"(1983), as well as a greast deal of short films. I'd like to add that Almodovar films are wonderful, and it's not because I'm Spanish.