Overview
A haunting exploration of love and loss unfolds in a world where silence speaks volumes.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- tender
- unsettling
- quiet evening
- international cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly regard Pedro Almodóvar's compassionate, formally inventive melodrama as a masterful and deeply affecting work, while some question its treatment of sexual violence and its male-centered perspective.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Benigno's devoted care for Alicia becomes inseparable from the serious ethical violation at the center of his relationship with her.
The opening dance performance, ballet, bullfighting, and the embedded silent film repeatedly express feelings that the characters cannot articulate directly.
The clinic setting and the care of two comatose women make attention, bodily access, and presumed consent central to the drama.
The lives of Benigno, Marco, Lydia, and Alicia move across past, present, and future through parallel developments and recollected events.
Films like Talk to Her, and why
All About My Mother
shared compassionate melodrama, emotionally complicated male friendship, and themes of loneliness and communication
Bad Education
shared Almodóvar sensibility, heightened romance, sexual ambiguity, and vivid emotional melodrama
The Sea Inside
shared intimate drama about caregiving, moral ambiguity, and relationships shaped by trauma
The Piano Teacher
shared art-house romance, unconventional intimacy, and melancholic emotional intensity
Movie Details
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Release Date
- 2002-03-15
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 (1488)
Cast
- Javier Cámara
- Darío Grandinetti
- Leonor Watling
- Rosario Flores
- Mariola Fuentes
- Geraldine Chaplin
- Pina Bausch
- Malou Airaudo
- Caetano Veloso
- Roberto Álvarez
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Talk to Her about?
- In a Madrid clinic, two lonely men form an unlikely bond while caring for women suspended between life, intimacy, and silence.
- What is Talk to Her like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Talk to Her as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Talk to Her violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Talk to Her as mild.
- What did critics think of Talk to Her?
- Critics broadly regard Pedro Almodóvar's compassionate, formally inventive melodrama as a masterful and deeply affecting work, while some question its treatment of sexual violence and its male-centered perspective.
- Which films are like Talk to Her?
- Films with a similar feel include All About My Mother, Bad Education, The Sea Inside, and The Piano Teacher.
- How long is Talk to Her?
- Talk to Her runs 112 minutes.
- Where can I watch Talk to Her?
- In United States, Talk to Her streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.
