The likable cosmetologist Kika (Veronica Forqué) is called to the house of Nicolas (Peter Coyote) , a succesful American writer to make-up the corpse of his recently deceased stepson . As Kika prepares Ramón (Alex Casanovas) for funeral when he suddenly revives . Ramón proposes to the much older Kika who has his daddy as lover . Along the way , Ramón believes his dad murdered his mom (Charo López) and then he seeks vengeance . Eventually , there appears a Psychologist video reporter , and Ramon's ex-psychologist called Andrea Scarface (Victoria Abril) and then things get worse .
Director Almodovar's cock-eyed tribute to power of women , in which Veronica Forqué gives the best acting as the sympathetic Kika , a good-natured cosmetologist . Typical but strange Almodovar movie with some ordinary ingredients , sense of style , Spanish habits , but not totally satisfactory , including conventional pitfalls , profanities , obscenity and a lot of sexual scenes . As usual in Almodovar films , here shows up a lot of bizarre characters : a peculiar cosmetologist , an escaped rapist , a suspicious writer , an intrusive gaze of tabloid-TV star , among others . It contains disgusting and disagreeable scenes when a crazed ex-porn actor and escaped criminal breaks into Kika's house and he finds her asleep and he can't resist sniffing her fanny and he subsequently rapes her . It is sad and amusing , at times , but like the rest of the movie mostly sad . This results to be an off-the-wall as well as semi-ironic melodrama with brief intrigue and suspense ; including familiar absurdities , dysfunctional roles and many other things . It packs grotesque images , silly situations but also touching , daring and very fun incidents . Male spectator seem to resent having to recognise themselves in dim-witted Ramón , other female viewers can feel identified with Kika herself . The picture also fields a miscast by the American star Peter Coyote with a pageboy wig and what appears to be a false teeth . While Kika's narcoleptic lover Ramón is played by cute Alex Casanovas and Victoria Abril plays as the stylish Andrea Scarface , a reality shows presenter which gives the movie its funniest moments . When the fuss has died down , most people will agree that this is a light return to form after the slightly disappointing ¨High Heels¨ . The picture is pretty well but turns out to be inferior to Almodovar's subsequent entries such as ¨The skin I live in¨, ¨Volver¨ , ¨The bad education¨ or ¨Talk to her¨. The result is undiluted scabrous drama , crazy strings of plots , sharp images and plenty of colorful images and some charming songs . Filmmaker piles up on the contrivances , turns and twisted events so that the picture to have success . It's a piquant look at a particular roles involving offbeat and complicated situations during its half an hour runtime . Here stands out the motley group of secondaries with the following familiar faces : Rossy de Palma, Anabel Alonso , Bibi Andersen , Jesús Bonilla , Santiago Lajusticia , Karra Elejalde , Manuel Bandera , Charo López , among others.
The motion picture was realized in his peculiar style by Pedro Almodovar ; he often uses symbolism and metaphorical techniques to portray circular story lines , though here he directs a special melodrama , including his ordinary touches . Almodovar directs throughout with splendid zip and he usually portrays strong female characters and transsexuals and along his career getting some important international prizes . His first feature film, Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980) , was made in 16 mm and blown-up to 35 mm for public release . In 1987, he and his brother Agustín Almodóvar established their own production company : El Deseo, S. A. The "Almodóvar phenomenon" has reached all over the world , making his films very popular in many countries . Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodovar who made successes such as Labyrinth of passions , Law of desire , Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown , Bad education , All about my mother , Talk to her , Broken embraces , The Skin I Live In and many others . The latest from acclaimed Spanish director , Pedro Almodovar's I'm So Excited competing for the inaugural best European comedy honor during the upcoming 26th edition of the European Film Awards . And his last hits as Julieta and Dolor y gloria with Antonio Banderas .
Director Almodovar's cock-eyed tribute to power of women , in which Veronica Forqué gives the best acting as the sympathetic Kika , a good-natured cosmetologist . Typical but strange Almodovar movie with some ordinary ingredients , sense of style , Spanish habits , but not totally satisfactory , including conventional pitfalls , profanities , obscenity and a lot of sexual scenes . As usual in Almodovar films , here shows up a lot of bizarre characters : a peculiar cosmetologist , an escaped rapist , a suspicious writer , an intrusive gaze of tabloid-TV star , among others . It contains disgusting and disagreeable scenes when a crazed ex-porn actor and escaped criminal breaks into Kika's house and he finds her asleep and he can't resist sniffing her fanny and he subsequently rapes her . It is sad and amusing , at times , but like the rest of the movie mostly sad . This results to be an off-the-wall as well as semi-ironic melodrama with brief intrigue and suspense ; including familiar absurdities , dysfunctional roles and many other things . It packs grotesque images , silly situations but also touching , daring and very fun incidents . Male spectator seem to resent having to recognise themselves in dim-witted Ramón , other female viewers can feel identified with Kika herself . The picture also fields a miscast by the American star Peter Coyote with a pageboy wig and what appears to be a false teeth . While Kika's narcoleptic lover Ramón is played by cute Alex Casanovas and Victoria Abril plays as the stylish Andrea Scarface , a reality shows presenter which gives the movie its funniest moments . When the fuss has died down , most people will agree that this is a light return to form after the slightly disappointing ¨High Heels¨ . The picture is pretty well but turns out to be inferior to Almodovar's subsequent entries such as ¨The skin I live in¨, ¨Volver¨ , ¨The bad education¨ or ¨Talk to her¨. The result is undiluted scabrous drama , crazy strings of plots , sharp images and plenty of colorful images and some charming songs . Filmmaker piles up on the contrivances , turns and twisted events so that the picture to have success . It's a piquant look at a particular roles involving offbeat and complicated situations during its half an hour runtime . Here stands out the motley group of secondaries with the following familiar faces : Rossy de Palma, Anabel Alonso , Bibi Andersen , Jesús Bonilla , Santiago Lajusticia , Karra Elejalde , Manuel Bandera , Charo López , among others.
The motion picture was realized in his peculiar style by Pedro Almodovar ; he often uses symbolism and metaphorical techniques to portray circular story lines , though here he directs a special melodrama , including his ordinary touches . Almodovar directs throughout with splendid zip and he usually portrays strong female characters and transsexuals and along his career getting some important international prizes . His first feature film, Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980) , was made in 16 mm and blown-up to 35 mm for public release . In 1987, he and his brother Agustín Almodóvar established their own production company : El Deseo, S. A. The "Almodóvar phenomenon" has reached all over the world , making his films very popular in many countries . Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodovar who made successes such as Labyrinth of passions , Law of desire , Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown , Bad education , All about my mother , Talk to her , Broken embraces , The Skin I Live In and many others . The latest from acclaimed Spanish director , Pedro Almodovar's I'm So Excited competing for the inaugural best European comedy honor during the upcoming 26th edition of the European Film Awards . And his last hits as Julieta and Dolor y gloria with Antonio Banderas .