Kiss of the Spider Woman 2025/2026 by AverageMansReviews
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Warning:
there is flashing effects/colourful effects/components of the rainbow
community/bodily functions/torture/burning/drugs/shooting/animal
cruelty/medical/references to suicide and I hasten to add anything I say about
sexuality is based on the confines of this film, meaning I am not actually
saying it; it is just how is in the film
Argentina 1983: briefly; we meet Valentin Arregui Paz/other character
[Diego Luna:] he is a political prisoner, that holds information about the
revolution and Luna as his character has a strong belief in what he is standing
up for, which consequently translates into a strong performance from him, but I
digress; Paz meets his cellmate a feminist individual by the name of Luis
Molina/other character [Tonatiuh:] he is in here for basically practising
homosexuality and to help pass the time he tells Paz of this musical movie The
Kiss of the Spider Woman starring the icon Ingrid Luna/other characters
[Jennifer Lopez:] as the lead role of this movie
Generally speaking: the storyline/script, framework and pacing of this 128
minutes film/movie uses the forgotten art/outlay of storyteller popularised by
such films as The NeverEnding Story 1984 or/and The Princess Bride 1987 just to
name a couple, but the only difference is; they were books at this is a musical
movie [I was thinking I would just point that out; and for someone got there
before me,] I mean it does need some time to settle down like perhaps between
15 to 20 minutes where, even I was struggling to keep awake, but after this; it
was and is a really lively affair.
Character
developments, art and action; as I was just saying broadly speaking this film
is essentially split down into prison life and the storytelling of Molina of
the film musical The Kiss of the Spider Woman would acts clearly as a form of
escapism from their dreary location. So artistically this film should be seen
on either a cinema screen or the biggest screen you have in your position,
because as it is a musical it really obviously has been given the glamour be it
light or/and dark of a musical/on stage musical and everything that is best
associated with this art form and outlay; Lopez put in a shining performance
during these musical numbers, you can tell that she is taking her on stage
concerts performances and just use those skills and brought them into this
performance, but it has to be said and I won't be taking any marks off for
this; the person and I that I watch some of this content with came to the same
conclusion that Lopez doesn't look right as a blonde; this film is truly a
treat for the eyes and without giving too much away but also because we don't
have too much in the way of action; action as a standalone component, the
action coinciding in the art and character developments is outstanding.
Character
developments, performances and comedy; as we have multiple performers being
multiple characters; they smoothly switch roles and put themselves into the
perspective of that character at that point in time; so the actual character
developments are beautifully spot on and executed with class and
sophistication, the trio of performers that this entire film relies on to work
properly; Luna, Lopez and Tonatiuh; or put in spectacular performances
including singing; but a special mention has to go out to Tonatiuh; because he
does have excellent range as a performer which you will see in this performance
and on reflection is somewhat a little bit uncomfortable to watch based on he
does have the calibre and range and standard of somewhere between Brandon Lee
and Heath Ledger; for the younger generations that may or may not be aware both
of these iconic performers are both dead; they died relatively young under
individually tragic circumstances; hence why a little bit uncomfortable;
because I recognise Lee or/and Ledger's on-screen performance/presence in
Tonatiuh; which he does also from time to time make this film light and breezy
with comedy for an example he put him in a massive shopping list request to
make this part of the film believable.
This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; yes it
does need some time to find its own rhythm, but after that; it is a powerful
piece of cinema that amongst many things as proven that there is still a place
for the storyteller outlay perspective in this modern world and beyond; this so
far by absolute miles is my film of 2026 to the point where, it is going to be
incredibly difficult to beat, because it offers so much high-quality, but as of
this content being first created it seemingly has a poorer reception at the box
office just taking $2 million against the budget of $30 million, where it has
been out for coming up to a week officially, it did get a release in early
26/01/2025; but that was for Sundance, it should be nowhere near this low after
6 days that is all I am saying, and yes we do have some extra bits and pieces
such as an ongoing sequence underneath the first ending credits and later on
these old school ending credits with colourful outlay. Which this should be no
surprise, but this film has some awards accredited to its name such as 7
Winners which include but not limited to Austin Film Critics Association 2025
Special Honorary Award Diego Luna Tonatiuh Jennifer Lopez For dual threat and
16 Nominees which also include but not limited to GLAAD Media Awards 2026 GLAAD
Media Award Outstanding Film - Wide Release
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