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Kiss Of The Spider Woman Reviews

1985 Certificate 15
  • Rated:
  • 70
  • from 150 members

et in the kind of Latin American gaol where even the clean linen is bloodstained, this explosive, sad yet stirring story tells of two prisoners with nothing in common except an extraordinary friendship that grows as they step into each other's worlds. Read more

Starring William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga
Director Hector Babenco
Genres Drama, Thriller

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  • Critics' reviews (2) of Kiss Of The Spider Woman

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  • 2 stars out of 4

    One of those lucky flukes, an opening up of a fringe novel about the relationship between a flagrant homosexual and a political prisoner; the former entertains the latter with accounts of his favourite pulp movies. Not for Aunt Edna.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
  • Flamboyant queen Molina (Hurt) and aggressive straight revolutionary Valentin (Julia) share a prison cell in an unnamed... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
  • Critics' reviews (2)

  • 2 stars out of 4

    One of those lucky flukes, an opening up of a fringe novel about the relationship between a flagrant homosexual and a political prisoner; the former entertains the latter with accounts of his favourite pulp movies. Not for Aunt Edna.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
  • Flamboyant queen Molina (Hurt) and aggressive straight revolutionary Valentin (Julia) share a prison cell in an unnamed... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out

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      et in the kind of Latin American gaol where even the clean linen is bloodstained, this explosive, sad yet stirring story tells of two prisoners with nothing in common except an extraordinary friendship that grows as they step into each other's worlds....

Rating breakdown

150 Member ratings
  • 100
20
  • 90
15
  • 80
29
  • 70
32
  • 60
23
  • 50
13
  • 40
5
  • 30
4
  • 20
6
  • 10
3

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