The difference between chick flicks coming out of Hollywood and chick flicks coming out of Spain is really apparent in Volver. It helps to have a good director like Pedro Almodovar calling the shots, instead of some Hollywood hack. It also helps to have a very interesting story and good actors.
Penelope Cruz is the lead and she actually gives a performance for a change instead of walking around sticking her chest out. Carmen Maura who I haven't seen since Women on the Verge of A Nervous Breakdown shows up as Cruz's mother or ghost of her mother. But the entire female cast is quite good.
Considering what could have been some seriously out of control melodrama in this story, Volver is a pretty impressive piece of film making from a very good director.
A quality film.
121 minutes.
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