The film is an ensemble comedy written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. When it appears as though the end is in sight, the pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a plane heading to Mexico City look to forget the anguish of the moment and face the greatest danger, which we carry within ourselves.
It's amusing fluff, but from an Oscar-winning dramatist, this return to comedy is a bit of a letdown.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
25 Jul 2013
rotten:
Too broad for the tarmac.
– John Anderson,
Newsday,
25 Jul 2013
fresh:
A mescaline-alcohol-and-panic-fueled orgy of confessional dialogue, sex acts, arguments, confessional monologues, and more sex acts.
– Tirdad Derakhshani,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
26 Jul 2013
rotten:
[This is] Almodovar for people who assume they can't get Almodovar otherwise. It's Almodovar for Target.
– Wesley Morris,
Grantland,
26 Jul 2013
fresh:
Despite the film's playfulness, it's still quite clear that we're in the hands of a master who takes the work seriously, if not the material or his characters.