I watched this film on a train ride from Madrid to Barcelona and found it pretty funny. It's not the greatest comedy in the world but it's worth watching it just once. The acting is obviously exaggerated and it's not an Oscar-winning film and it's not trying to be one. It's silly, funny and stupid but it will make you laugh especially Federico's insults. The film is trying to send the message that OCDs can be controlled to some extent but in a humorous manner.

For those that found acting here exaggerated, were probably not familiar with Spanish cinema and culture. We are talking about people full of color, vivid language, art, wars, incredible food, influences from eastern cultures and from what my Spanish tutor said, kinda rude. I found Rossy de Palma, comparing with past roles in Almodóvar movies, very "normal", and the rest of the cast had a good chemistry. The plot raises a lot of questions for discussion, especially when you watch this with younger people, who do not know about OCD, or they recognize some of the symptoms presented, to people they know already, or on themselves. I can not imagine this movie being a remake for the US standards, where all the freakers ball, politically, legally, socially correct, will throw this in the pit of hell for numerous discrimination. As an OCD myself, i don't feel insulted by this movie, on the contrary, people that fanatically will claim the opposite, belong in an another kind of disorder that also needs therapy and medication. i already saw one here in the reviews, i was expecting more, but we should thank our luck, non European, English spoken countries will not watch this, unless they are trained to, so hopefully these "good Samaritans" that hate everyone else, will not appear here.