'Kiss of the Spider Woman': The Reviews Are In – Find Out What Critics Are Saying!

Kiss of the Spider Woman hits theaters on Friday (October 10), and critics are weighing in!

The film, based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, is directed by Bill Condon.

Here’s a plot summary: “Valentín (Diego Luna), a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez). Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical hit.

And the first reviews have been coming in about the film!

Keep reading to find out more…

Kiss of the Spider Woman has an 81% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Vulture says: “At the heart of it all, there’s Tonatiuh, who carries so much of the emotion of the film, expertly withholding when necessary and pouring it all out when called for.”

The Guardian says: “The rockiness can drag some of the film’s two hour-plus runtime, but there’s something fascinating about the unusual, overstuffed, indefinable mess of it all.”

THR says: “Bill Condon sets himself a tough assignment trying to transform the tricky material into a great movie musical, but thanks in part to laudable work from his three leads, he occasionally comes close.”

IndieWire gives it a C+, saying: “Tonatiuh gives an earnestly star-making performance as the flamboyant and reverie-prone Luis… But what’s a star-making performance when the package surrounding the actor is otherwise so ordinary and un-cosmic?”

AV Club gives it a C+, saying: “Despite these visual shortcomings, Jennifer Lopez and newcomer Tonatiuh deliver committed performances, even if the ideas they’re tasked with communicating don’t quite land.”

Vanity Fair says: “Lopez clearly wants this to be a mighty Lopez showcase, and it is. Were Molina alive today and a diehard JLo stan, he’d no doubt approve. He might take issue with the rest of Condon’s film, though.”

NPR says: “Luna and Lopez are great, but this is Tonatiuh‘s movie — he takes a role that could easily be a caricature of queer flamboyance and pathos, and grounds it with depth and soul.”

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