Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985
**½
Director: Hector Babenco
Cast: William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Jose Lewgoy, Nuno Leal Maia

William Hurt is very good in his Oscar winning role as a gay prisoner, but this adaptation of Manuel Puig's novel is a long, stagy and slow-moving drama which only gets going in the last few minutes.