Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)
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- Synopsis:
- Valentín (Diego Luna), a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina (Tonatiuh), convicted for public indecency. An unlikely bond forms as Molina recounts a Hollywood musical plot starring Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez).
- Actors:
- Diego Luna, Tonatiuh Elizarraraz, Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Bichir, Josefina Scaglione, Aline Mayagoitia, Driton 'Tony' Dovolani, Lucila Gandolfo, Federico Repetto, Lucas Barreiro, Augusto Gordillo, Graciela Daniele, Fabio Aste, Federico Salles, Alejandro Ernesto Balbis Ortíz, Sebastián Slepovich, Sebastian Silver, Noemí Frenkel, David Turner, Eduardo Ramos
- Directors:
- Bill Condon
- Producers:
- Barry Josephson, Tom Kirdahy, Santiago López Rodríguez, Hernán Musaluppi, Diego Robino, Lilia Scenna, Greg Yolen
- Writers:
- Bill Condon, Terrence McNally, Manuel Puig
- Aka:
- El beso de la mujer araña
- Genres:
- Drama, Music & Musicals
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Reviews (1) of Kiss of the Spider Woman
All That Glitters, Not Quite Gold - Kiss of the Spider Woman review by griggs
A prison drama that keeps slipping into old-Hollywood fantasy ought to feel more jarring than this, but that’s part of the appeal. It’s caught between a repressive backdrop it never quite faces and a glossy escapism it clearly prefers, yet it stays watchable even when it drifts.
Jennifer Lopez is the main draw, and rightly so. She looks completely at home in the heightened musical world, giving it the star power and swagger it badly needs. Those sequences have real fizz: lush, gaudy, knowingly artificial. They’re also where Bill Condon feels most confident. Back in the cell, the film softens. The danger feels distant, which blunts the contrast the story relies on.
That’s the frustration. A film about fantasy as survival should make the escape feel necessary. Here, it feels optional. Still stylish, still odd, but never quite urgent.