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Writer/director Pedro Almodóvar's dark, sexy Hitchcock homage is his best work since his Oscar-winningAll About My Mother, and deepened by a sun-dappled sadness. Handsome, enigmaticÁngel (Gael García Bernal) arrives at the Spanish movie offices of director Enrique Goded (Fele Martinez) and happily proclaims that he's actually Enrique's long-lost school chum Ignacio--an announcement that is both less than convincing and more than it seems. A novice actor,Ángel pitches a semi-autobiographical screenplay in which he's determined to star, a revenge-laden reflection of the doomed love he and Enrique shared as boys before a pedophile priest cruelly intervened. The script, and the lost days it recalls, carefully unfurls into a series of brooding movies-within-movies and memories-inside-memories, which allow the sensual, multiple-role-playing Bernal to give the performance of his young career--among other things, he makes a stunningly convincing drag queen--and Almodóvar the opportunity to movingly suggest that people will pay any price to ensure that their stories are told.--Steve Wiecking
La Mala Educacion I hate long-winded reviews in the case of films that really just need to be seen, so I'll suffice to say that it had incredible twists and turns, stunning acting, gorgeous Jean-Paul Gaultier wardrobe and is definitely worth owning. Gael Garcia-Bernal is absolutely amazing and is an actor to be reckoned with.
I have a love for films that make people uncomfortable, and this doesn't disappoint in that respect. Another Almoldovar winner.
Good movie Good script with a few "suprises", good acting, beautiful film. I watch it over&over."Sara Is Beautiful"
"Bad Education" is a remarkable film - drama/ thriller/neo-noir with many surprises, with an interesting structure: it takes place in the present and tells the story about the past, presents the story as a film within the film, then mixes past and present together in a twisted turn. It's been said a lot about Gael García Bernal's performance (or should I say, three performances) - he is a triple star of the film, and he looks great as a woman (transsexual/drag queen) and a man. He is a talented actor, too. There is a lot to admire in perhaps, the most personal Almodovar's film but it felt strangely remote and cold to me. The one moment that brought some memories back and I felt that I was connected with the film was a scene where two young characters, Ignacio and Enrique went to see the movie "Esa mujer" (1969) with one of the most stunning Spanish movie stars and singers, Sara Montiel. The boy Ignacio whispered in awe, "Sara is beautiful." I had the pleasure to see Sara in two films, La Reina del chantecler, (1962) and Mi último tango (1960)... aka My Last Tango and I can confirm that she could make any movie worth of watching.
