Victoria Abril,
Penelope Cruz,
Demian Bichir,
Fanny Ardant,
Gael García Bernal
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Two of Spain's biggest female stars headline this offbeat comedy about the battle of wills between good and evil. Heaven is not getting its fair share of business for the afterlife, so Lola (Victoria ... read more
DVD Release Date: February 17, 2004
Stats: 218 reviews
The relative surrealistic element of the movie is what made it interesting. The rest was ok. I like it when Cruz doesn't play the pretty girl.
Victoria Abril and Penelope Cruz get sent by heaven and hell respectively, to win the soul of a sad, weak woman-beating loser. Apparently heaven is a bit like black & white Paris filmset and rather empty, and hell is like a giant multi-storey prison with lots more people in it, a... read more
Great movie! Penelope and Victoria are absolutely a great pair of characters. In this film, one is good, and the other supposedly bad. Despite the line of duties, the two vie for the soul of a boxer. The two realize that they are both doomed regardless of the outcome. Great cast-... read more
It's a Tarantinoesque telling of a good angel and a bad angel who fight for the soul of a boxer. I found it interesting and a bit weird, but overall i liked it.
I've read a lot of bad reviews of this film, but I found it engaging and original. I really liked this film and would recommend it to anyone who likes quirky, original films.
"Carmen: History vindicates us, and you know it. Lola: History vindicates no one. History's a deaf man answering questions he wasn't asked."
Its the typical Heaven vs. Hell story done with a Spanish/French twist & a sense of humor. Reminded me of an Almodovar movie done by ... read more
It was a pretty good story... sort of a morality play... the subtitles got annoying after awhile... but is had Penelope Cruz so the was a plus
I really liked this one.. although.. When I thought Penelope Cruz was a lesbian I liked the character more than after she said she was originally a male gangster.. A.. she just didn't act like a male gangster.. and B.. damn she was a hot lesbian.. Oh well.. The movie was go... read more
well i really liked this movie, i recomend to be seen in a quite room with subtitles unless you all understand the spanish accent real well
Manny is so uninteresting as a pivotal character that he's a black hole who sucks away our investment in the film. Full Review
A sultry, pretty thing with a few good ideas: in other words, stuck in limbo. Full Review
Consistently clever and inventive on a level a little below the inspired. Full Review
It's only sporadically entertaining.
An unfocused, overplotted, painfully derivative comic fantasy. Full Review
It's not quite The Divine Comedy, but it's almost as irreverent, insightful and thought provoking. Full Review
Imagines Heaven and Hell as places so deeply mired in the business- as-usual hassles of earthly life that the battle between good and evil becomes a downright dull affair. Full Review
While Yanes isn't quite able to sustain the quirky tone, his international cast does a fine job of keeping the energy aloft.
Bendito Infierno's characters crack and pop off the screen; you're caught up in their tussle even as you acknowledge its artificiality. Full Review
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