Synopsis
Recently released from a mental hospital, Ricky ties up Marina, a film star he once had sex with and keeps her hostage.
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Cast
- Victoria AbrilMarina Osorio
- Antonio BanderasRicky
- Loles LeónLola
- María BarrancoBerta
- Rossy de PalmaCamello en Vespa
- Julieta SerranoAlma
- Francisco RabalMáximo Espejo
- Lola CardonaDirectora psiquiátrico
- Montse G. RomeuPeriodista
- Emiliano RedondoDecorador
Recommendations
- 80
Empire
Almodovar consolidated his status as a challenging and bold filmmaker by forcing Americans to drop their zany preconceptions of him and see his world through his eyes. - 80
Variety
Almodovar's inventive direction, superb lensing by Jose Luis Alcaine, a fine score by Ennio Morricone and top technical credits make pic a pleasure to watch. - 80
Los Angeles Times
There's a hushed, rapturous quality to its best parts, though, and the emotional interplay between Ricky and Marina has a scary immediacy that the movies rarely achieve. Almodovar dares a lot in this film. [4 May 1990] - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! is seamlessly crafted yet too self-conscious to be much fun. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is too flighty and uncentered, and it allows actual violence to break the spell when false alarms would have sufficed. - 63
TV Guide Magazine
Staying with Tie Me Up! demands some patience, but the director's timing never fails him, and he brings things to a close on an upbeat note. - 60
The New York Times
Mr. Almodovar's comic invention runs out too soon, leaving the audience to giggle weakly in anticipation of the big laughs and disorienting shocks that never arrive. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
In terms of psychology, it's an abysmal failure, too real to be symbolic, too symbolic to be realistic. [25 May 1990]
