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What Have I Done to Deserve This?

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What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1985)

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Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 15  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 6.7/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Synopsis: Gloria (Carmen Maura) tries to hold her insane Madrid family together in this hilariously deadpan working-class comedy from Pedro Almodóvar. Sharing their cramped tenement apartment is Gloria's husband (Luis Hostalot), an abusive cabdriver who forges letters from Hitler; her... Gloria (Carmen Maura) tries to hold her insane Madrid family together in this hilariously deadpan working-class comedy from Pedro Almodóvar. Sharing their cramped tenement apartment is Gloria's husband (Luis Hostalot), an abusive cabdriver who forges letters from Hitler; her heroin-dealing son; a younger son who likes to sleep with older men; an eccentric grandmother (Chus Lampreave); and a pet lizard named Dinero. Gloria works several cleaning jobs to try to make ends meet and sniffs cleaning products for relief from the stress, as she gets no thanks from her nagging husband, who eventually drives her to murder. Luckily, she has a friend in next-door neighbor Cristal (Verónica Forqué), a bubbly prostitute who seduces the cop on the case. There's also a girl upstairs who helps Gloria with her housework via telekinesis. This all works sublimely well, thanks to both an inspired cast who plays everything completely straight, and dialogue that spills over with dry wit and keen observation. Almodóvar scored one of his first international hits with this outrageous, irreverent, and touching film. He also appears in a brief cameo as a TV opera star. [More]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Carmen Maura, Chus Lampreave, Verónica Forqué, Juan Martinez

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

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Sep 9, 2003

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kingofthecorn 02/26/08
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(***): I liked the cast and the film's energy. Another good piece of work from Almodovar. More
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vic40186 04/28/07
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:fresh: An entertaining and realistic film that criticizes the spaniard society and domestic violence. Carmen Maura... More
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angie225 04/25/07
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Interesting movie, I liked it. I liked a lot the grandmother with its pet "dinero" (a lizard). More
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travenger2421 02/07/07
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One of the first films of Pedro Almodovar, What Have I Done to Deserve This? is yet another close look at the lives of... More
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FranklinStreet 10/22/06
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Luke-warm Almodovar. And when I say luke-warm, I mean like microwave-reheated. More
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ReggieRamirez 09/26/05
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The self-purposeful quirkiness of What Have I Done... was a little bit annoying, can't really say that it's humor was... More
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Nathan Weinbender 05/24/05
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Maura stars as a pill-popping cleaning lady who lives in a Madrid high-rise with a collage of quirky characters,... More
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