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The Flower of My Secret
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by Sony Pictures
Sales Rank: 26050
Price: $21.96
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Pedro Alomodóvar made this misfired, rambling comedy about a romance novelist (Marisa Paredes) whose crumbling marriage has left her depressed and unable to work. At a low point, she writes a scathing indictment of her own books (which are penned under another name), with no one realizing critic and author are one and the same. Almodóvar (<i>Law of Desire</i>) has the start of a great idea here, and for once, he's direct about his sympathy for a character. But nothing else about <i>The Flower of My Secret</i> is so clear. Despite its unusual allegiance to the straightforward "women's films" of the 1950s, this movie blows it by becoming needlessly complicated over extraneous junk, forcing one to grope in the dark for Almodóvar's point. <I>--Tom Keogh</I>
Viewer Reviews
The Flower of My Secret is a charming surprise about a middle-aged, Spanish romance writer who is devastated when her husband leaves her. The plot is actually fairly predictable. What makes this movie so enjoyable is the main character, Leocadia, who is beautiful, talented, and flawed. In fact, it is her flaws (her penchant for melodrama and booze, to name two of them) that endear her to the viewer. This movie is the perfect way to spend a rainy weekend afternoon.
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