This film from acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, is very strange, telling stories within stories. The basic outline is the story of two boys at a Catholic school who are molested by a priest, and meet again in later life...in a way.
I usually like everything I have seen of Almodovar before this film, both Talk to her (2002) and Volver (2006) but I did not like Bad Education (2004) very much. The narrative style made it hard to keep track of what was "real" and what was "story." And they may have been the intention, but I found it aggravating in this film.
The acting was good with Gael Garcia Bernal (of Y Tu Mama Tambien and The Motorcycle Diaries), but I just could not get into it.
Offbeat and original, I feel like it could not compensate enough for a disjointed narrative, and story telling that could have been vastly improved.
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