A camp melodrama/comedy about Sexilia (a nymphomaniac), Sadec (a gay Islamic terrorist), Riza Niro (the son of the emperor of Tiran), and Queti (the daughter of a dry-cleaner).
Though coarser and cheaper than Almodovar's later efforts, this comic orgy is prototypically Pedrovian.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Almodovar (who has a cameo as a leather-jacketed transvestite rock singer) has already learned (somewhat) how to pull off such a difficult act, by treating the potentially offensive with such cartoonish abandon that it becomes ridiculous to take offense.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
An early and rather choice effort from Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
[Labyrinth of Passion]...shows off the bright, gaudy visual style, the breezy manner and the exuberant energy that are Mr. Almodovar's particular virtues.