- Actors: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma, María Barranco
- Directors: Pedro Almodóvar
- Writers: Pedro Almodóvar
- Producers: Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Antonio Llorens
- Format: Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: MGM (Warner)
- Release Date: April 10 2001
- Run Time: 90 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000059H9F
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#48,804 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #8 in DVD > Art House & International > By Director > Pedro Almodóvar
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Spanish director Pedro Almodovar created a fiery sensation with this nutty screwball comedy, about a slightly unbalanced actress in a desperate situation. "Women on the Verge..." was Almodovar's international breakthrough film, and is one of his best loved.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Watch it and tell your friends about it!,
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This review is from: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Widescreen) (DVD)
Hollywood sure doesn't make movies like it used to. For instance, screwball comedies that immortalized the likes of Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart and Katherine Hepburn in the 30s and 40s were abandoned after Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder stopped making them in the 60s. But no matter. That grand old wacky tradition continues; it just moved across the Atlantic to get updated with a European facelift at the hands of Pedro Almodovar. So hop on your motorcycle with your granny or catch a cab, run to the grocery store, grab yourself a glass of gazpacho (hold the sleeping pills!) and watch this hilarious movie. Subtitles be damned, you'll love this no matter what! If you can watch this without huge belly laughs, you're simply not human!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun, silly, inventive farce,
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This review is from: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (DVD)
Great fun, as Almodovar's visual sophistication continues to expand from film to film, and his ability to create a subtle mix of the campy, the surreal, and real emotion grows ever stronger. Full of odd and silly twists and turns, and populated by absurd but still very human characters. It's also a film with a theme - the amazing strength and resilience of women.So why not a 5 star rating for a film a lot of smart people consider a flat-out masterpiece?. Maybe I need to re-see it a third time, but on recent round of working my way through all of Almodovar's films, it felt paper thin. I enjoyed it, but it didn't feel like a film that would stick with me, or effect me. In some ways, I found the far more flawed `Matador' has more unforgettable images, moments and challenging power. That said, this is still very worth your time. You'll smile a lot.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Universal Shennanigans,
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This review is from: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (VHS Tape)
In 'Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown', Pedro Almodovar subtley overturns traditional gender stereotypes. Outside of the shennanigans she encounters from place to place, Pepa takes stock of her situation in the taxi that carries her between buildings. Its here she recognizes that the mechanics of motorcycles are much easier to fathom than those of male psychology. Ivan's first wife Lucia, remains in the 60's fashion she was wearing when he left her. It's almost as if time stopped for her the moment he left. The array of colours seem to be used as a metaphor for the full and intense emotions of the women involved, compared to the grey and black of Carlos and Ivan.Apparently Almodovar had to film the balcony scenes in a studio because the downtown skyline of Madrid is now just a sea of office and apartment buildings. Almodovar has never made any secret of the fact that a director should "never borrow, but steal if it is justified" from another director. Witness his homage to Hitchcock's 'Rear Window' when Pepa looks across the street into Lucia's apartment building. It's ironic that in his native Spain, Pedro Almodovar finally broke free from being described as a 'cult' director to being appreciated by a wider audience with the massive success of this film. Meanwhile in the U.S., the film was specifically marketed by Orion as a 'minority' picture aimed at an Hispanic and female audience. They must have been pleasantly surprised when the audiences for this film crossed racial and gender barriers.
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