An Almodovar film is always an exercise in style, but High Heels also generates narrative energy and mystery, and provides what was, for me, a genuine surprise at the end.
75
Chicago TribuneDave Kehr
Chicago TribuneDave Kehr
It's an admirable attempt, though a less than completely successful one. The film's disappointments lie not so much in Almodovar's controlled, respectful direction as in the strange gaps and displacements of his screenplay, which never seems to supply the scenes we most want to see. [20 Dec 1991]
63
TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
A stylish but disappointing spoof which lacks the satiric gusto of director Pedro Almodovar's earlier works.
60
Empire
Empire
We get a mother-daughter murder melodrama even more farfetched than the Joan Crawford classic, Mildred Pierce, on which this would appear to be loosely based.