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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAn Almodovar film is always an exercise in style, but High Heels also generates narrative energy and mystery, and provides what was, for me, a genuine surprise at the end.
- 75Chicago TribuneDave KehrChicago TribuneDave KehrIt's an admirable attempt, though a less than completely successful one. The film's disappointments lie not so much in Almodovar's controlled, respectful direction as in the strange gaps and displacements of his screenplay, which never seems to supply the scenes we most want to see. [20 Dec 1991]
- 63TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineA stylish but disappointing spoof which lacks the satiric gusto of director Pedro Almodovar's earlier works.
- 60EmpireEmpireWe get a mother-daughter murder melodrama even more farfetched than the Joan Crawford classic, Mildred Pierce, on which this would appear to be loosely based.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovHigh Heels becomes mired in its own best intentions - primary colors and all.
- 50Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThose who miss the wildness of his premainstream work will probably be only partially appeased.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe story is stylishly filmed and acted with high spirits, but there's not much going on in many of its colorful shots.
- 50Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrMostly it's Paredes' imperious - then surprisingly generous - high-handedness that carries High Heels. [20 Dec 1991]
- 40The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinHigh Heels has no real mirth and not even enough energy to keep it lively.
- 40Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonIt feels more like a prosaic knockoff than a classically inspired original.