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New Times Broward-Palm Beach | November 30, 2004

The Spanish director's latest is a movie about a movie, which Almodóvar addresses with his usual strengths -- zest, humor, and sharp visual beauty -- as well as his weaknesses, including the failure to acknowledge the gravity of his subject.

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Tags: transsexual, transgender, Gael Garcia Bernal, Spanish, Pedro Almodóvar, Bad Education, and Daniel Giménez Cacho, Fele Martinez, movie director

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