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Audience Rating: NC-17
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301424653
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6301424654
Label: Cinevista Inc.
Manufacturer: Cinevista Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Cinevista Inc.
Release Date: October 26, 1989
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 4773
Studio: Cinevista Inc.
Theatrical Release Date: 1986
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Goodbye, "Machismo"
This is a brilliant, if unsettling movie. On its surface, it revels in various sorts of violence, including attempted rape, bullfights gone bloody, and serial killings, real or imagined. Beneath the flashy surface, though, Almodovar has a serious aim. He's examining the effects on his contemporary Spanish characters of a religion that was frequently rigidified into pharisaism and a code of manly behavior often reduced to mere "machismo" during the immediately preceding reign of Franco. What he presents ... Read More
Rating:  - One of Almodóvar's worst
I am a long time fan of Almodóvar and of his films of the 80s and early to mid 90s, however I can not say that about this film. MATADOR along w/ LIVE FLESH have to his two worst films. This one in particular is utterly boring and just uninspiring. I saw this for the first time when I was in high school in the early 90s and hadn't seen it since. I tried watching it again thinking maybe I didn't understand it as well and thought maybe it will be more appealing to me as an adult. Well I was wrong. This movie ... Read More
Rating:  - one of Almodovar's absolute BEST!
This was the first Almodovar film I'd ever seen, and it's made me a lifelong fan of his. Lately he's become a bit too serious, overreaching and melodramatic---"Bad Education" was especially disappointing---in contrast to the fascinating, gorgeous and hilarious black comedy and absurdism of masterpieces like "Matador," "Tie Me Up Tie Me Down" and "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown." It's the difference between reading Charles Bukowski at his best versus reading some pompous "The New Yorker" column. ... Read More
Rating: - Matador Shocks You
This is an Antonio Banderas classic with Carmen Maura, Pedro Almodovar, and friends from Spain--and the scenes from Spain are beautiful. But true to Almodovar, the movie leans to the morbid and the perverse. I would not recommend Matador for people who are offended by comical gory murder scenes, and it is a pity that the movie has no English subtitles!
Rating: - One of Almodovar's "classics"
This is one of his best movies - hope to see it available again, on DVD this time around!
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