IMDb plot summary: An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him.
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles León, and María Barranco.
(Spoilers ahead.)
Oooooof. So from what I've been reading about Almodovar's take on this movie, I THINK I'm supposed to end the movie sympathizing with the kidnapper and rooting for their relationship in some dark quirky way, and I just... can't. He's just so clearly going to murder her the first time they have any disagreements. I can kind of make it work if I assume that her tears at the end are a Graduate-style "what have I done" response, but reviews and synopses are telling me those are tears of happiness. It's apparently suppposed to be half romantic comedy and half horror but it's just full horror for me, and far too realistic in how he treats her for me to even lean into the "But, Hannah, you like Beauty and the Beast!" vibe.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! < The Good Dinosaur
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! > Life with Father
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! < Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! < The Little Princess (1939)
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! < The Dinner Game
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! < Sorry, Wrong Number
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! < The Love Witch
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! < Without a Clue
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! < A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! > Blue Velvet
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! < Star Wars Uncut: Director's Cut
Final spot: #2357 out of 3148.
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