Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) movie poster

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
"A comedy about someone you know."
ThumbScore
👍 84%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 90%
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Director
Runtime
1h 28m
Country
Spain
Language
Spanish
TMDB Rating
7.4/10 (982 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
85

Cast

Carmen Maura as Pepa · 76% avg
Antonio Banderas as Carlos · 71% avg
Julieta Serrano as Lucía · 74% avg
María Barranco as Candela · 69% avg
Rossy de Palma as Marisa · 67% avg
Kiti Mánver as Paulina Morales · 73% avg
Guillermo Montesinos as Taxi Driver
Chus Lampreave as Jehovah's Witness Goalkeeper · 79% avg

Is Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown good?

Most people think so. 84% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 90%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#568 / 2672 · Comedy
Rank in its year
#30 / 67 · 1988
Rank among its director's films
#2 / 14 · Pedro Almodóvar

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

After being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control in a deliciously chaotic series of events. Wikipedia ↗

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