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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Pedro Almodóvar

Producer:

Enrique Posner

Runtime:

1hr 41m

Synopsis

An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him.

Cast

  • Victoria Abril
  • Antonio Banderas
  • Loles León
  • María Barranco
  • Rossy de Palma
  • Julieta Serrano
  • Francisco Rabal
  • Lola Cardona
  • Montse García Romeu
  • Emiliano Redondo

Letterboxd User Reviews

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3.5
  • Dec 22, 2019

    noo antonio banderas don't be a psycho ur so sexy haha

    2.2K Likes
    alessandra
    alessandra
    May 3, 2021

    the black market is really just some dudes sitting in a plaza

    1.5K Likes
    megan
    megan
    Aug 6, 2020

    a pitch-perfect candy-coloured mockery of heterosexuality

    1.1K Likes
    vee
    vee
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    Jan 20, 2018

    Hmmm.... well I DON'T like rom coms about kidnapping and sexual assault, but I DO like primary colors.... Boy, this one's a real pickle.

    888 Likes
    ReCreation
    ReCreation
    Jul 27, 2021

    A love story, a horror story. It can be hard to tell them apart.

    695 Likes
    Mark Marshall
    Mark Marshall

    This movie has a very repulsive gaze. It often feels we're looking through an harasser's lenses and that we are supposed to think he is in the right. Even if ¡Átame! was an Almodóvar's attempt to portrait Stockholm Syndrome, to make a satire or whatever, he totally failed…

    695 Likes
    aj.es
    aj.es
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    May 4, 2019

    Pedro’s just like “what if every genre? but also maybe genre doesn’t exist?”

    624 Likes
    Chris Feil
    Chris Feil
    Aug 12, 2014

    55/100 A.V. Club review. Was sure I would despise this now, as my tolerance for narratives about women who fall in love with abusive men is basically zero, but Almodóvar complicates things much more than I remembered, complete with an unsettling variation on the Graduate…

    536 Likes
    Mike D'Angelo
    Mike D'Angelo
    May 7, 2020

    I’d let Antonio Banderas tie me up for 50k pesetas

    465 Likes
    framely
    framely
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Top Reviews
  • Ben Lecker
    Ben Lecker liked
    Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

    I knew absolutely nothing about this film going into it, and I was pleasantly surprised. Aside from the NC-17 content, the story was surprisingly intriguing and I was a big fan of the ending. The idea of Stockholm syndrome was very interesting to me. Overall a solid 7.5/10

    3M
    Logan Boline
    Logan Boline is "meh" on
    Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

    The more I think about this film the less I like the film part of it. I would like to see this directors dramatic and visual flair put towards something less incredibly toxic and hard to enjoy. Stockholm Syndrome but a romcom.

    2Y
    keira
    keira disliked
    Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

    Wanted to get into this director and … um … yea just no. I can say that the set design is absolutely gorgeous… and that’s the only thing that gave me any sort of happiness in this film

    2Y
  • val pingitore
    val pingitore liked
    Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

    primera película de almodóvar que vi. me gusta por el cariño que le guardo, no por la película en si. antonio banderas y victoria abril son otro rollo😫🤌🏽.

    2Y
    Plucky Darling
    Plucky Darling disliked
    Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

    It’s so bad. Checks all the wrong boxes ✅ unnecessary nudity ✅ romanticizing an abusive relationship ✅ nazis

    3Y
    Ellis
    Ellis liked
    Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

    When the movie got Stockholm syndrome 🙈🙈🙈😛😛😛🔥🔥

    8M
  • nellie
    nellie loved
    Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

    i hate that i love this if im being honest

    2Y
    Tatum
    Tatum liked
    Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

    Absolutely chaotic. Amazingly terrible.

    2Y
    My Leige
    My Leige liked
    Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

    The horror in her eyes at the end… 😭

    10M
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Metacritic

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Based on 14 Critics
7.8

USER SCORE (27)

Generally favorable reviews based on 27 Reviews
75

What keeps Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! from being irredeemably offensive are Almodóvar’s efforts, however vague and tentative, to undermine his own thesis.

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Metacritic review by Mike D'Angelo
Mike D'Angelo
The A.V. Club
90

X marks the G-spot perhaps, for this is an orgiastic comedy of terrors and errors.

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Metacritic review by Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
10

An offensive premise and a pathetic, almost pleading desire to outrage our sensibilities with it.

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Metacritic review by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Atame!)?
The movie is 1hr 41min long.
What's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Atame!) about?
An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him.
Who's the cast of Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Atame!)?
  • Victoria Abril as Marina Osorio
  • Antonio Banderas as Ricky
  • Loles León as Lola
  • María Barranco as Berta
  • Rossy de Palma as Traficante de drogas en Vespa
  • Julieta Serrano as Alma
  • Francisco Rabal as Máximo Espejo
  • Lola Cardona as Directora Psiquiátrico
  • Montse García Romeu as Montse
  • Emiliano Redondo as Decorador
Who's the director behind Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Atame!)?
Pedro Almodóvar directed Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Atame!).
Who produced Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Atame!)?
Enrique Posner produced Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Atame!).