Synopsis
After being estranged for 15 years, flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo re-enters her daughter Rebeca's life when she comes to perform a concert. Rebeca, she finds, is now married to one of Becky's ex-lovers, Manuel. The mother and daughter begin making up for lost time, when suddenly, a murder occurs...
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Cast
- Victoria AbrilRebeca
- Marisa ParedesBecky del Páramo
- Miguel BoséJuez Domínguez
- Anna LizaranMargarita
- Mayrata O'WisiedoMadre del Juez Domínguez
- Cristina MarcosPaula
- Féodor AtkineManuel
- Pedro Díez del CorralAlberto
- Bibiana FernándezSusana
- Nacho MartínezJuan
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
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 Tribune
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
A stylish but disappointing spoof which lacks the satiric gusto of director Pedro Almodovar's earlier works. - 60
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. - 50
Austin Chronicle
High Heels becomes mired in its own best intentions - primary colors and all. - 50
Chicago Reader
Those who miss the wildness of his premainstream work will probably be only partially appeased. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
The story is stylishly filmed and acted with high spirits, but there's not much going on in many of its colorful shots. - 50
Boston Globe
Mostly it's Paredes' imperious - then surprisingly generous - high-handedness that carries High Heels. [20 Dec 1991]
