Bad Education (Original Uncut NC-17 Edition)

Studio: Columbia Tristar Hom
Starring:
Release Date: April 12, 2005
Running Time: 105

TALK TO ME
Maybe this Spanish speaking film suffers from a bad translation. Still transfixed by Writer/Director Almodovar's haunting and powerful "Talk To Her", I was swept into the theatre by advanced word of mouth and glowing reviews heralding his new film, a... more

a wonderful, tangled web
I so much loved this latest film of almodovar: sensuous and intelligent, thought provoking and deeply felt, ti manages to not go over the top at the same time it overwhelms. the only sad part is that there are only bittersweet endings, not really ahppy... more

Almodovar= Simply The Greatest!
While not as mainstream as the equally brilliant TALK TO HER, Almodovar manages to keep the audiance on the edge of its seat with this film noir/mystery drama.

Javier Camara, whom you may remember as the nurse in TALK TO HER, steals the... more

wow
a story so full of flavors, hard to believe it be true. the capacity of this story really shocks you throughout the movie.gael really is an amazing actor.

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Amazing and heartbreaking
I can only recommend this great movie - it is very cruel sometimes, but as cruel as the real life can be.

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Almodovar continues to amaze and astound!
With All About My Mother and Talk To Her, Pedro Almodovar explored themes of love, loss and redemption. Almodovar continues to explore these themes in Bad Education, his first full-fledged gay themed film since Law of Desire. Bad Education is a loosely... more

A challenge!
I saw this movie during the Norwegian International Film Festival in August 2004. I was a jury member in the festival and this movie was the first one we had on our program of movies we had to review. "Bad Education" is a movie with an important mission,... more

Excellent movie that won't fare too well in the red states...
I can take or leave most early Almod�var films, Atame, Qu� he hecho yo..., Mujeres al borde..., etc. but since Carne Tr�mula (Live Flesh, 1997), I've enjoyed every one. His films during the eighties and early nineties were energetic diatribes rallying... more

The smell of the double moral!

Pedro Almodovar persuades us once more his never ending creative powers with this powerful and brutal story which links and determines so many destinies sealed by the hypocrisy, the rotten ethics and the abominable instincts behind the power's... more

Gael Garcia Bernal learns a hard lesson from Almodovar.
Prior to Bad Eduacation, I have seen Almodovar's All About My Mother and Talk To Her. The latter two films have profound ability to be emotionally empacting and visually beautiful, packed with great performances. In his latest film, he intentionally abandoned... more

This movie was already done by Almodovar.
As I was seeing "La Mala Educacion" the first weekend it opened in New York, I kept thinking to myself "This is a remake!"

The Madrid film director (surely Almodovar himself) as the central character, the transexual former choirboy who confronts... more

One of 2004's Best Indies
The only "obscene" thing about this NC-17-rated film is its rating. There are no reasons, other than political (...), why this film should not have been given an R - there is no frontal nudity, and the scenes of sexual activity are far more tastefully... more

Visually Striking, Audaciously Acted But Hollow Inside
Pedro Almod�var's individualistic filmmaking style is on full display here, but oddly, the heart that propelled the wonderful "Talk to Her" seems to be missing. What results is a rather disappointing addition to the otherwise humanistic Almod�var canon,... more

A Modern, Layered Noir
This is an excellent, interesting and twist laden film. I had never seen any of Almodovar's pictures, but understand now why he is so revered and successful.
Bad Education is a wonderfully textured, graphic and layered film, truly a brightly colored... more

Pandora's Box
Gael Garcia Bernal, playing Juan/Angel/Zahara is the centerpiece, the place in which the heart of this film resides, for it is his broken damaged heart that sets the tone and the focus of Almodovar's "Bad Education"
And at the core of Bernal's... more

Almodovar returns to his roots in this smart gay melodrama
Pedro Almodovar always delivers interesting movies, and Bad Education is certainly no exception, and while this movie didn't grab me as much as some of his earlier works, I still found it an interesting and quite rewarding cinematic experience. The Spanish... more

Brilliant! A Ten Star Film!
LA MALA EDUCACION is a splendid work of art. Pedro Almodovar has been making some of the most creative films from any country for the past decade or so, but now with the arrival of 'La mala educacion' on the heels of his powerfully successful films 'Habla... more

Smart, Erotic and Very Funny; Recommended!
Like any Pedro Almod�var film, Bad Education is visually beautiful (almost lyrical), colorful (in characters and visuals), dense (borderline "huh?"), and funny with an array of complex characters with enough tragedy for the entire population of any Red... more

Color-drenched paean to lust, murder & blackmail
Homophobes beware, this unfortunately will make you physically sick or uncomfortable at any rate. But if you are comfortable with your own hetero sexuality, then you are in for a treat & a stimulating cinematic experience.

First a word about... more

Noir Sexuality
Pedro Almodovar is a master at what no other director can achieve, bringing out the simpathetic side of the most tragic and obscure scenes and characters.
If there is something this movie lacks is female characters and is a pity: no other director... more

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