After years of ‘will he? won’t he?’, Pedro Almodóvar has finally gone and done it. The great Spanish filmmaker behind Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, All About
8
… there is the pleasure not only of the beautiful Catalonian scenery but a quietly plangent tale of both human warmth and cruelty.
8
There’s so much to love here, but ultimately, it’s the beautiful, delicately realised love story that is the beating heart of this film …
6
The intended blend of noir and thriller elements with political conspiracies and the shady dealings of multinational lobbies is a potent mix with loads of promise that is sadly unrealised
There are thrills to be had, but the pacing is unfocused and the plot not half as daring or adventurous as it aims to be.
… a fine document of a place and time in flux.
12 Years a Slave star Lupita Nyong’o joins Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz, Diane Kruger and Fan Bingbing in the fearsome female quintet of super spies in The 355.
"...romantic, sensual and funny, but definitely adult."