The narration of the film is carried out in the form of reality and interludes, but the shortcomings are more obvious, the plot is circuitous, the suspense is not solved, the burden is abrupt, and the motives of the characters lack reasonable explanation. The whole movie is as if a bunch of tricks and metaphors have been picked out of the director's treasure chest and rearranged, with neither freshness nor passion.
Director Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is not logical enough about Julieta and Antija's mother-daughter relationship. The movie keeps trying to tell the audience that there is a bond between the two, but it barely shows it. And when the character of Antia finally disappeared, the audience hardly noticed her leaving. The last part of the film has a plot that reveals the truth, but there is too little foreshadowing before, and it does not bring a sense of shock.
While Pedro Almodóvar Caballero's work becomes a hodgepodge of references and imitations that show his high artistic taste, Julieta's hodgepodge of randomness is especially unsatisfactory. The restrained to the absurd soundtrack, crisp cinematography, and discreet color palette harmonize the audition, but the whole film doesn't feel like a unified whole.
The story of the film is very regular. Unlike the director's previous works, which have a plot of transgender and mixed, the focus of this film is to pursue a woman's complete and rich emotional world. Gender emotions are an important but not the only auxiliary line. In this auxiliary line It happens that there is a female protagonist and a man with a wife. The film starts from the mother-daughter relationship and brings out the memories of the deceased lover. In fact, the director is pursuing a woman's complete and rich emotional world. a spiritual world. It is shown by the director from a female perspective, which is extraordinarily complex and charming.
