Talk to Her: B+

At its most profound writer-director Pedro Almodovar's "Talk To Her" is an exquisite and touching melodrama that has the ability to touch you in places you never expected. At its worst it's a languid meditation on the qualities of intamacies. In the beginning two ballerinas wander around a stage, blind, as a man rushes to anticipate their every move. Two men in the audience are moved by the performacne: one - Marco -is moved by the emotion and begins to cry, the other - Beningno - is moved by Marco's show of tears. Both are completely unaware of the connection they will soon share. Marco is in the hospital to keep watch over his lover Lydia, who was gored in a bullfight. Beningno is a nurse who is bound, by more than professional duty, to watch over comatose Alicia, a beautiful ballet dancer. The title comes from the advice Beningno gives to Marco and how conversation comes from mere response. Touching, funny and sad, Almodovar shows an appreciation for connection, so much so that comparisons to the American wonder "Lost In Translation" will inevitably ensue. As was mentioned earlier the movie lacks dramatic presence and as a result goes slack in numerous places. Almodovar's vibrant mastery of technique including: time shifts, films-within-films, narrative color and silence make this movie feel wholeheartedly alive and lived in however. Connection can't always be heard, but it must always be experienced, and this movie proves exactly why that stands true. Comatose or not.