Female consensus: Mostly a nonguilty pleasure, but not always a pleasure in the first place

Read our review of The Life Aquatic, written by Senior Producer Beth Pinsker, right here.

In limited release:

  • New York Times critic Manohla Dargis enjoys Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira's A Talking Picture.
  • Los Angeles Times critic Carina Chocano finds Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's controverisial Bad Education (rated NC-17) to be his most satisfying political work to date. When the movie opened in New York a few weekends ago, Jami Bernard of the New York Daily News liked it too.

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Find out about last week's releases: Closer and House of Flying Daggers.

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