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Class, sex, and food are the obsessions of this Spanish comedy drama, an international hit from writer and director J.J. Bigas Luna that plays like a cross between the lusty Like Water for Chocolate (1992) and the early work of Pedro Almodovar. In a small town in Spain's arid Monegros region, young underwear factory executive .. Read more

Starring	Anna Galiena, Javier Bardem, Jordi Molla, Juan Diego Botto
Director	Bigas Luna
Genres	Comedy, World Cinema

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- This is 'Carry On' as scripted by Lorca, a hysterically sombre sex farce pointing up the connections between sex and... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
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  - 7
  The taste of ham...
  
  The movie characters have lives more tangled than in soap operas. The plot is horrendously implausible; the cinematography poor and the sex gratuitous. And yet ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Ilias
  - West Midlands
  - 04 Feb 2004 at 12:33
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- - 1
  - 0
  Beautifully cured
  
  Superb. A film with spirit. Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem slumming it in a dusty landscape, before interstellar stardom. Has loads of the right ingredients, ... read more »
  
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- - RichPickings
  - 150 reviews
  - 'kin Bruges
  - 06 Feb 2012 at 10:08
- - 0
  - 0
  Exhausting Intensity of an exciting lusty Spanish film
  
  Gripping Hot great intensity in both story and acting, sexuality displayed in a hot way, a display of Spanish machismo, gorgeous sexy vital Spanish females, who... read more »
  
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- - montpelier
  - 24 reviews
  - Roberts End
  - 23 Jan 2012 at 22:34
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  well worth seeing
  
  I found this a hilarious bad taste film, and I'm not usually that keen on bad-taste movies. Well worth seeing
  
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- - heatherj
  - 8 reviews
  - 07 Nov 2011 at 13:31
- - 1
  - 0
  Very poor copy
  
  This DVD has very disappointing picture quality -- it looks as if it has been transferred from an ancient VHS tape.
  
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  - 19 Sep 2011 at 20:03
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  I enjoyed the film :)
  
  A funny, witty film. Great to see Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem pre Hollywood and the rest of the cast is pretty good too. Laden with symbolism and Freudian ... read more »
  
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- - MissDiDI
  - 1 review
  - 23 Aug 2011 at 00:03
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  - 0
  Naked moonlight bullfighting anyone?
  
  This Spanish farce is a unique experience in comedy! Dark and ironic - Monty Python meets Hamlet in the sand and blood of Spain. It is the film that launched ... read more »
  
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- - allykat
  - 66 reviews
  - Weymouth
  - 08 Aug 2011 at 17:10
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  good film
  
  La pelicula si esta buena, creo que vale la pena verla. interesante personajes y tambien esta Chistosa. Go for it!
  
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  - 25 Jun 2011 at 17:32
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  Love, hate and pigs
  
  Rotten, but really funny. Garlic, pigs, meat, tits, pure emotions, animal instinct, nice story about love, maybe a little bit to messy (even more than Almodovar... read more »
  
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- - Dalena
  - 1 review
  - 16 Jun 2011 at 22:41
- - 0
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  Hilarious Ham!!!!
  
  Hilarious! I haven't laughed so hard in years! The most awfully, wonderful, dire, glorious heap of sh*te! Who knew these actors started here! Oh the sex, ... read more »
  
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  - 01 Jun 2011 at 00:59
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  Introducing the non-rom com
  
  At first, the viewer is gulled into believing that we are looking at lovers in the accepted sense. As the film progresses, however, it's clear that, as well... read more »
  
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- - Mountfalcon
  - 77 reviews
  - Ilford, England
  - 29 Apr 2011 at 10:48
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- - 21
  - 7
  The taste of ham...
  
  The movie characters have lives more tangled than in soap operas. The plot is horrendously implausible; the cinematography poor and the sex gratuitous. And yet ... read more »
  
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- 299015
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Ilias
  - West Midlands
  - 04 Feb 2004 at 12:33
- - 9
  - 1
  Tartan Video mucks it up again
  
  This is a good film. However, your viewing pleasure will be curtailed by Tartan video's UK release. Reeeally poor picture quality and sound, with Tartan&#... read more »
  
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- - Lord Q
  - Winchester, UK
  - 13 Dec 2005 at 18:02
- - 6
  - 0
  Penolpe Cruz and all ...
  
  Penolpe Cruz and all the other actors in this are great.
  
  A fantastic Spanish speaking film
  
  Quite confusing and very interesting story ... read more »
  
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  - IRLAM
  - 27 Aug 2004 at 00:25
- - 6
  - 0
  Life is pork
  
  Life is pork - telling porkies, getting porked, and hamming it up too. Oh, and some sauce.
  
  Amusing social satire.
  
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  - Isle of Skye, Scotland
  - 04 Aug 2010 at 15:10
- - 5
  - 1
  What a mess...
  
  Try it, if you are only interested in naked Penelope...
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 22 Apr 2005 at 04:49
- - 5
  - 1
  Don't go there.
  
  It's bad. It's really bad. It's so bad I can't really remember what happened the day after watching it.
  
  If you want a good Spanish ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Scotland
  - 19 Sep 2007 at 22:25
- - 6
  - 4
  very bad
  
  What a waste of time!!!!
  
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- - a customer
  - london,england
  - 18 Feb 2005 at 19:09
- - 5
  - 3
  Disappointing
  
  A very flat film full of bad acting and early 90´s kitch. I was unable to finish film as every scene was very taxing and hard to watch such 2D acting.
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 02 Oct 2005 at 15:49
- - 4
  - 0
  Mucho macho?
  
  This film is so typically Spanish that it hurts. It makes you laugh, it makes you angry and then it makes you cry. Bardem lays the sex god thing on a bit thick... read more »
  
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  - Surrey. England.
  - 15 Jun 2006 at 23:49
- - 4
  - 1
  Weak film
  
  Was looking forward to watching Penelope Cruz in her early career but was disappointed. Pointless nudity and it was unconvincing the way she changed the object ... read more »
  
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- 123020
- - a customer
  - Rickmansworth, UK
  - 12 Jul 2005 at 19:29

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Critics' reviews
- This is 'Carry On' as scripted by Lorca, a hysterically sombre sex farce pointing up the connections between sex and... read more on Time Out
- 43800
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- "This sexy, good-natured Spanish farce has plenty to recommend it, including a nude bullfight..."
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- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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  Class, sex, and food are the obsessions of this Spanish comedy drama, an international hit from writer and director J.J. Bigas Luna that plays like a cross between the lusty Like Water for Chocolate (1992) and the early work of Pedro Almodovar. In a small town in Spain's arid Monegros region, young ...