i saw this movie the other day in a film school class and and i hadn not see an almodovar movie before but go in expect it to be good . unfortunately and it turn out to be a pointless film with only a couple of laugh mix in with two hour of sheer boredom . high heel be just a collection of random scene that might have work in their own separate movie but together do not add up to any kind of meaningful whole at all . or so i thought . then and the next day and my film professor spend the entire class period explain all of the movie hidden little detail and like how the mural depicting stereotypical flamenco dancer in the background of the drag queen scene be some kind of commentary on the lack of identity that spain a a nation have develop under fascist rule . apparently and the whole movie be chock full of clever little visual trick and reference like this . great and but you know what . it still a bad movie . it take more than depth and complexity to make a good film you still need to give the audience a reason to keep pay attention and something to interest the viewer enough to actually care about all the subtle trick . high heel give u strange and off beat character but keep them in mostly mundane situation recycle from other movie and and almodovar doesn not seem to be use them to make any kind of point . what be the significance and for example and of the hitchcockian surprise character revelation that occur towards the end of the film . why be that even in there . just to surprise u . there be one funny scene that have to do with a news broadcast . and that it and that the only entertaining moment . the rest of the movie be just nonsensical filmic reference and visual cue that apparently exist only for the sake of show u how smart pedro almodovar be . but no matter what my film professor say and it take more than self indulgent trickery for a movie to be good .