Kika [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Kika [VHS]
Movie Review: not perfect but not to be missed
Summary: 4 Stars
This is not the easiest film to understand. I think it makes sense if you see it as a transition film for Almodovar. In his earlier films he was so visually audacious that his content seemed secondary to his style, and even though his men and women had very dark desires Almodovars absurdist sensibility kept his films in the comic category. In Kika I think he is leaving behind that comic sensibility and digging deeper beneath that visual audacity and presenting his characters as people not just with absurd desires but with real lives and experiences which are not so easily overcome. perhaps the best character in Kika is Victoria Abril(with dark hair) who plays a tabloid journalist always on the prowl for the next big sex scandal breaking on the horizon. She is both literally and figuratively scarred from a failed love and seems to have gone over the edge. The only way she can get turned on now is by relishing in others tragedies. So of course she is attracted to the dark American writer(Coyote)who seems to leave a trail of dead bodies in his wake. The title character Kika (Veronica Forque) is a make-up artist who meets Coyote becomes his lover first and then his sons lover but she never leaves Coyote. She is not really the central character in this film so its odd that the film is titled Kika. but then the whole film is a little uncertain as to just what direction it should take. Almodovars seems to be experincing some creative indirection and it shows. This film has some of Almodovars bold visual trademark antics like outrageouly costumed and hyper sexual women but as the film progresses it becomes less and less like one of the older kind of Almodovar films and more and more like a new kind of Almodovar film which is to say this is a step toward a new kind of Almodovar film-- a Spanish noir,perhaps--which he will later perfect with the classic LIVE FLESH. In Kika he has not perfected his new style yet but if you are a filmgoer who likes to follow a filmakers progress this is a key film. Many of Almovodar bests films deal with women relating with women ( I would not call these films "noirs") but when he deals with the relation between the sexes he is evolving a style which derives from noir. Far from being a limit the genre seems to have liberated Almodovar from other kinds of constraints. In Kika he is struggling to free himself of some of his own cliches and the noir genre seems to have been just the thing to give his talents a new kind of focus. Live Flesh is his noir masterpiece but Kika was a key step in getting there.Movie Review: have not find any idea behind the film
Summary: 1 Stars
I don't know what the director ment when he filmed it,I could not find any meaning...
looks like a bad movie to me, or may be it's a parody on a bad movie?
Movie Review: SIMPLY FASCINATING.....
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my personal favorite of Almodovar's films. Those unfamiliar with Almodovar's work should take heed...this is a totally off-the-wall adult film. He is famous for pushing the boundaries of taste and outrageousness to the extreme and beyond. However, his movies entertain nonetheless. "Kika" is a cosmotologist on a quest for love and happiness. The film chronicles her (mis)adventures and encounters with all sorts of people who either don't understand her or seek to use her. She ,like Lulu in "Pandora's Box", is a free spirit adrift in a sea of miscreants. Almodovar deftly blends slapstick and drama together with his trademark color motifs, bizarre costumes (by Gaultier), over-the-top dialogue and stock cast members to enliven a fairy tale that, to me, stands unique among his other films. Of course, without Veronica Forque as Kika there would be no film. She is a total delight from start to finish and carries a difficult film soley on her bravura performance and irrepressable personality. And don't miss Victoria Abril as a reporter with an unusual way of getting the scoop on film! There is much to relish here and "Kika" can be watched again and again and still remain fresh and entertaining. A must for Almodovar fans.Movie Review: A great first half.
Summary: 3 Stars
Kika is a very ingenuous woman who lives with her boyfriend, She is a funny and silly beauty consultant whose ridiculous dialogs can make you laugh. Another character that you will find, is a sensationalist TV reporter woman dressed like a mix of a vampire and a Martian, she carries a camera on her head, like a hat, all the time. Kika's maid is lesbian and doesn't care too much about her appearance, this maid's brother is a porno star who is in jail. All those characters may give you an idea of how funny this movie can be. Would you think about a rape scene that is funny? Well, this film has one. However, in the middle of the movie, it turns dramatic, boring and the story centers on a crime. You might like that contrast but I personally didn't. This could have been a better movie.Movie Review: Unusual Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are offended by the off beat, do not watch this movie. I for one love Almodovar's wry sense of humor. He places the most unbelieveable characters imaginable together. This movie is no exception. A romance, a murder, a convict on the loose, and an unrequitted love all put together make for an interesting movie. His movies tend to catch us in our most unveiled moments. This is definately one to watch. It may not be his best movie, but his movies are much better than most, so you are still in for a treat.