Getting to finally see this film I had my expectations somewhere in the middle. I was not going to expect any director to reach the heights of Almodovar in Talk to Her, but I saw enough positive responses to the film to certainly be intrigued. The multi-layered dimensions of the film make it arguably Almodovar's most complicated work. There are numerous parallels to Hitchcock's Vertigo, and the film within a film, within a film recalls Atom Egoyan's brilliant multi-dimensional Ararat. The acting throughout was quite good, and Almodovar's over the top seriocomic style works well here. Being familiar with his previous work you can appreciate it fairly easily, and this has some of the lighter touches that some of his earlier films shared. I most recall Law of Desire as far as his previous work is concerned.