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SummaryDirector and screenwriter Fernando León de Aranoa gives us a moving yet sobering tale of two young prostitutes in Madrid. (IFC Films)

Princesas

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Generally Favorable
54% Positive
7 Reviews
46% Mixed
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TV Guide Magazine
Film works best as a soberly witty commentary on the workplace and makes an interesting companion piece to "Mondays in the Sun."
80
Film Threat
Princesas isn't the cliché "Pretty Woman" type romantic-comedy you'd expect – it's actually quite surprising.
70
Los Angeles Times
Indeed, Aranoa loves these women so completely that his film seems overly drawn out at nearly two hours and likely would have had greater effect had it been half an hour shorter. Even so, Princesas remains largely engaging and rewarding.
70
Variety
This loosely-structured pic feels authentic, its underdramatized script resolutely nonjudgmental.
58
Entertainment Weekly
The way that Aranoa so clearly venerates his lively women feels Almodóvar-esque, but the movie aims most of all to suggest that hookerdom is hell -- and it's neither realistic nor unsentimental enough to pull that off.
50
The Hollywood Reporter
While the director-screenwriter clearly has a sensitive affinity for his characters, his film lacks narrative momentum and fresh observations.
40
The New York Times
A maudlin melodrama about prostitutes in Madrid, Princesas is not, alas, the new film by Pedro Almodóvar, but a dilution of his manner by the writer-director Fernando León de Aranoa.
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  • Reposado Producciones
  • Mediapro
  • Antena 3 Televisión
  • Canal+ España
Aug 23, 2006
1 h 49 m
Tough tricks on the Spanish streets . . . (DVD)
Goya Awards
• 3 Wins & 9 Nominations
Spanish Actors Union
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
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