Official Trailer
Our Review
- Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro
- October 25th 2024
- 107
- Pedro Almodovar
Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore play former friends and colleagues who reconnect after one of them becomes sick.
After releasing two English-language shorts, Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar makes his full-length debut with The Room Next Door.
The drama, which won the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice Film Festival, stars Julianne Moore as the best-selling writer Ingrid.
After years of being out of touch with her former close friend and colleague Martha (Tilda Swinton), she reaches out and connects with the war correspondent after she hears about her health diagnosis.
The biggest drawback with The Room Next Door is Almodóvar’s screenplay. He is known for melodrama so realistic writing can’t be expected, but the dialogue here is still very stilted.
You often don’t feel like you’re watching a natural conversation because they talk at each other, state the obvious, and tell each other things they should already know. It felt unnatural and performative, like they’re in a play.
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