Talk To Her
As in most of his previous films, once again Almodóvar uses the power of coincidence to connect strangers with complementary circumstances, and the result is truly powerful, engrossing human drama. In this case, a nurse named Benigno with a healthy obsession (yes, healthy) for a comatose patient strikes up a friendship with a journalist named Marco whose bullfighter girlfriend was gored, resulting in her own coma. The plot is revealed in bits and pieces through time shifts from past to present, where Benigno and Marco's stories come together. Then Almodóvar takes the film in a delicate and somewhat unexpected direction, turning the story on an awkward and potentially repugnant subject matter handled with such grace and emotional honesty that it instead becomes a metaphor for the transforming power of true friendship and love, no matter how misguided. Talk to Her is anchored by brilliant performances from top to bottom, including Geraldine Chaplin sporting flawless Spanish in a minor role, not mention a thoroughly enchanting soundtrack of classical and Spanish music. Almodóvar even makes a bizarre and oddly touching foray into silent film. Talk to Her is easily his best film, and that's saying something.
- August 7, 2005
DVD Extras
The only extra is an audio commentary track by Almodóvar and Geraldine Chaplin.