Almodovar's best?

This movie captivated me from beginning to end. I thought Cecilia's performance was flawless.

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i haven't yet written on this forum but i feel it necessary now.

the personal voice of almodovar that transcends the characters in "Talk to Her" is so powerful. his coaching of actors to portray such difficult split roles/emotions is true genius. if you watch it with the commentary, the immense attention to detail he takes to create a sentiment for the audience to absorb, deeply and truly and not just watch from a far away place is truly remarkable. his ability to violently and humorously add the viewer to the plot is unmatched in many of today's modern films, foreign or not.

i say this having seen many of his other works, la mala educacion, volver, todo sobre me madre - all which are worth seeing. but a love story like talk to her as such a strange and personally testing/thought provoking script is immaculate. the viewer is simply left without words - how do you decide to love or hate, like or dislike each of the spirits within the film. where can you identify those same characteristics in those around you whom you love, in yourself?

"go home, think about yourself and enjoy.
make the same mistakes you've made until now.
enjoy the same forbidden things."

Please people! Try not to have high expectations from movies, because in the end you will of course be disappointed! Go into them just wishing to be entertained. It kills me to hear that people had "high expectations" for this movie and were disappointed because you really just shot yourself in the foot.

'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown' rules them all. Still, I love 'All About My Mother'; after all, marginalised characters are always interesting, particularly when put together in this way.

I haven't seen Hable con ella so I will reserve judgement on that. But what I do know is that Todo sobre mi madre is one of the most moving films I have ever seen. Some of Almodóvar's films aren't my type of films because I feel nothing really happens. But this one is beautiful, its plot is almost circular, the three Esteban's and the three roles of the play in her life. The journey's to and from Madrid and Barcelona. I watched this one straight after La Mala Educación and I can certainly say I found this one more enjoyable. I could not understand the roles of Enrique, Ignacio and Juan in this film. At first Enrique seemed promiscuous and only out to use Ignacio (really Juan). I found myself having sympathy for Ignacio as we discovered his past between Enrique and the priest. And in the future Ignacio seemed likeable if not a bit warped. But then there was the whole switch around with Ignacio actually being a dead junky who really wasn't very nice at all - nothing like the sweet little boy (understandable really) and Juan being a bit of an arse. BUt I really didn't expect that he had plotted to kill Ignacio and at the end the old guy.

Todo sobre mi madre made an impression on me left by all the Almodóvar films I have watched. Volver, Mujeres al borde de un attaque nervios, Atame, and Que he hecho yo para merecer esto, are all films I would watch again. With the exception of que he hecho I loved them all.
What I truly love about Almodóvar's films is his ability to make you like even the worst of characters.

I feel 'Talk to her' wins hands down for the skrinking man sequence. In 10 minutues he said more about gender and identity than most directors say in their whole career.
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And as things fell apart, no one paid much attention.

I've seen many* (although not all) of Almodovar's films and this is definitely my favorite and, I think, his best.

Manuela's character, story and relationships with the other characters (Agrado, Huma Rojo, Sister Rosa, her son Esteban, her husband Esteban/Lola) are just so moving. Yet it's also funny, bizarre, touching, and so many other things. The relationships between mothers, daughters, lovers, friends---all captured by those characters---all real, and all 'performances.'

This is one of my top 10 favorite films.

*Other Almodovar film's I've seen: Voler, Bad Education, Talk to Her, Live Flesh, Flower of My Secret, High Heels, Women on the Verge...

I loved this movie, but I think Hable con Ella is his best. It's just incredibly good.