Bonus Review: The Room Next Door

The Latest From Iconic Director Pedro Almodóvar

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INTRODUCTION

This is a quick review of the newly released film The Room Next Door. Keep in mind this is but one of the many movies I watch every year, and that whatever initial grade I come up for this film could change for better or worse with time. To better keep up to date with both my thoughts on other movies and if my feelings on this film changed, follow me on Letterboxd.

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THE PLOT

Via Letterboxd: Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

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QUICK REVIEW

I’ll never be accused of being a Pedro Almodóvar fanboy. His films, for me, have ranged from like to really like, but I can’t say I’ve fallen HARD for his movies. But the man does have an iconic and impactful filmography, so I was nevertheless intrigued to see what we’d get from him with The Room Next Door - which just so happens to be his first feature-length english narrative film, and starring both Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton at that.