Review 1:
"...Deliberately finer-grained and more mature....Marisa Paredes gives a performance of great interior power..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.40 02/01/1996
Review 2:
"...It's Almodovar's most committed work in years..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
Source: USA Today
p.4D 03/07/1996
Review 3:
"...Propelled by stellar performances and a script that resonates with intelligence, subtlety and surprises..."
Source: Variety
09/25/1995
Review 4:
"...For Almodovar color is a wholly serious index to the soul, which is more unguardedly on display here than ever before in his work..."
Source: Film Comment
p.76-9 11/01/1995
Review 5:
"...[A] darkly comic and uncommonly tender tale..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.68 04/04/1996
Review 6:
"...[Almodovar] returns to form....As tart as ever..." -- Rating: B+
Source: Entertainment Weekly
pp.76-7 12/06/1996