Sony Pictures Classics Volver
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 2006
Quick Verdict
Volver (2006) has a 83% Celluloid Score — our average across critic reviews, audience ratings, Metascore, Letterboxd, and IMDb. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
83%
Celluloid Score Recommended Averaged from 5 sources
89% Critic Score
86% Audience
85 Metascore
★★★★☆ Letterboxd 4
7.6 IMDb /10
Is Volver worth watching?
Yes — Volver earns a 83% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Critics Consensus
Almodóvar celebrates resilient women with color, humor, and supernatural melodrama in peak form.
Celluloid Critics Consensus
Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.
What is Volver about?
Women in a Madrid working-class neighborhood confront ghosts, secrets, and sisterhood when the dead return with unfinished business.
Critic Reviews
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