Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
"Once upon a time... in a tropical island far away, there lived a strange woman…"
ThumbScore
👍 76%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 83%
(RT: 86%, MC: 80) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
José Lewgoy as Warden
Milton Gonçalves as Pedro
Miriam Pires as Mother
Nuno Leal Maia as Gabriel
Fernando Torres as Americo
Is Kiss of the Spider Woman good?
Most people think so. 76% audience score, estimated from 355 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 83%.
Overview
The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies. Wikipedia ↗
