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In Labyrinth of Passion, Celia Roth portrays Sexi, a nymphomaniac punk rocker whose gynecologist father (Fernando Vivanco) specializes in artificial insemination. Spanish heartthrob Imanol Arias is Riza Niro, the gay son of the Emperor of Tehran, who has fled his father's island to have some fun in Madrid. The two meet and .. Read more

Starring	Antonio Banderas, Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias, Helga Line
Director	Pedro Almodovar
Genres	Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema

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- The Spanish equivalent of an Andy Warhol movie: a delirious farrago of sex and psychobabble intended to shock and amuse.
- 34321
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  An absolute riot
  
  Almodovar's second feature is, if anything, even more of a studied V-sign to the old guard in Spain, a thorough-going, free-wheeling assault on good taste ... read more »
  
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  - Savage
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  - 04 Jul 2007 at 16:36
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  Time isn't kind to this early Almodovar.
  
  Very early, frenetic, over-octaned Almodovar. It was all-out-to-shock in 1982, but 30 years on it it just seems like an over-egged and barely coherent collage. ... read more »
  
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- - Sleat
  - 70 reviews
  - 14 Jan 2012 at 23:38
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  Do not rent this unless you are a researcher
  
  Very dated and amateur movie that looks like a failed college project. Great movie title though but otherwise a waste of a postage stamp.
  
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- - Rogdeb
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  - Harleston
  - 01 Nov 2010 at 13:15
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  Not Pedro's best
  
  I love his films but this one didnt work. Of course this was an early work and therefore he was finding his feet but the story didnt fit together and there were... read more »
  
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- - Randomfilmbuff
  - 327 reviews
  - London
  - 18 Jul 2010 at 17:28
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  not worth watching
  
  I just realised i hadn't written a review and now I have only the slightest memory so it didnt make much of an impression. Really not up to the standard of ... read more »
  
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- - lucyrabbit
  - 17 reviews
  - London
  - 30 Nov 2009 at 21:45
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  Crazy
  
  Off the scale of 1 to crazy... Interestingly twisty turny.
  
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  - Gateshead
  - 13 Oct 2009 at 13:04
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  Funny
  
  Quirky and funny, rather enjoyable.
  
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  - London
  - 15 Aug 2009 at 23:56
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  Almodovar mess
  
  This is a mess of a film, obviously an earlier effort, as I am a big fan of his later films.
  
  Had all the usual Almodovar elements, but didn't ... read more »
  
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  - Barnet
  - 28 Jul 2009 at 10:27
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  My opinion totally boring, fell asleep within ten minutes of start, watched again fast forward and still found nothing to rave about, but then I am no lover of ... read more »
  
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  - Norwich
  - 07 Jun 2009 at 14:29
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  rubbish
  
  there's nothing good to say about this film so I won't bother trying
  
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  - Folkestone
  - 10 Nov 2008 at 16:15
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  Rubbish
  
  I could not get into this atall, the story line was ridiculous, it was not funny in the slightest, it was tedious, not remotely erotic. It was an old, low ... read more »
  
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- - LadyFernfield
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  - 25 Aug 2008 at 21:54
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  An absolute riot
  
  Almodovar's second feature is, if anything, even more of a studied V-sign to the old guard in Spain, a thorough-going, free-wheeling assault on good taste ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 455628
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  - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 04 Jul 2007 at 16:36
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  Not one of his best
  
  This movie is not up to the high standards of Almodovars later work, but does cover a number of themes that appear in future movies. Worth a viewing if you have... read more »
  
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- - Bongbrummie
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  - High Peak
  - 04 Jul 2007 at 20:47
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  MATTER of TASTE
  
  From; SILVER HARP Edinburgh
  
  LABYRINTH of PASSION (Pedro Almodovar 1982 Spain)
  
  More theoretically, rather than actually, funny; ... read more »
  
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  - 07 Apr 2008 at 15:33
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  All over the place
  
  Almodovar's second film is a crazy, chaotic mishmash of all sorts of everything as various nymphomaniacs, homosexuals and Arab terrorists float around ... read more »
  
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- - RJNeb2
  - 773 reviews
  - London
  - 04 Oct 2007 at 00:16
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  not worth watching
  
  I just realised i hadn't written a review and now I have only the slightest memory so it didnt make much of an impression. Really not up to the standard of ... read more »
  
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- - lucyrabbit
  - 17 reviews
  - London
  - 30 Nov 2009 at 21:45
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  Not Pedro's best
  
  I love his films but this one didnt work. Of course this was an early work and therefore he was finding his feet but the story didnt fit together and there were... read more »
  
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- - Randomfilmbuff
  - 327 reviews
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  - 18 Jul 2010 at 17:28
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  bad porn film without the sex
  
  Awful. Pointeless. Boring. I didn't get past the first 20 mins and sticking with it that long was hard work. The lack of plot and acting in this film is ... read more »
  
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  - Bristol
  - 11 Jul 2008 at 11:44
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  Rubbish
  
  I could not get into this atall, the story line was ridiculous, it was not funny in the slightest, it was tedious, not remotely erotic. It was an old, low ... read more »
  
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- - LadyFernfield
  - 4 reviews
  - Market Harborough
  - 25 Aug 2008 at 21:54
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  rubbish
  
  there's nothing good to say about this film so I won't bother trying
  
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  - Folkestone
  - 10 Nov 2008 at 16:15
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  Almodovar mess
  
  This is a mess of a film, obviously an earlier effort, as I am a big fan of his later films.
  
  Had all the usual Almodovar elements, but didn't ... read more »
  
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  - Barnet
  - 28 Jul 2009 at 10:27

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Critics' reviews
- The Spanish equivalent of an Andy Warhol movie: a delirious farrago of sex and psychobabble intended to shock and amuse.
- 34321
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
- This is a home movie for the Movida set, a glamorous clash of frocks and jocks (and jocks in frocks) in a Madrid... read more on Time Out
- 47623
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18

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  In Labyrinth of Passion, Celia Roth portrays Sexi, a nymphomaniac punk rocker whose gynecologist father (Fernando Vivanco) specializes in artificial insemination. Spanish heartthrob Imanol Arias is Riza Niro, the gay son of the Emperor of Tehran, who has fled his father's island to have some fun in ...