After my first international representative appearance for the MCC against the visiting Australians at Lord’s, Janie and I went on to the Curzon Mayfair to see the new Almodóvar movie, Julieta.
We thought it was an absolutely excellent movie; interesting story, beautiful cinematography, fine acting, the lot.
If you want to know all about it, here is the IMDb entry for the movie.
It has received very good reviews on the whole:
- Mark Kermode in the Guardian says “five star return to form”;
- David Sexton in the Standard says “astonishingly rich and bold”;
- Tim Robey in the Telegraph says “guilt soaked pleasure”;
- Geoffrey McNab in the Independent is also impressed, although describes the movie as a melodrama;
- …but clearly some critics didn’t like it – see Rotten Tomatoes here, where it scores north of 75% but doesn’t max.
I guess Almodóvar movies aren’t everyone’s style, but when he’s on form we love his movies. This one was just the ticket for us that evening, rounding off a thoroughly enjoyable day.