It displays a depth and maturity lacking in Almodóvar's earlier work.
All About My Mother (1999)
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Reviews Counted:79
Fresh:77
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8/10
Consensus: Almodovar weaves together a magnificent tapestry of femininity with an affectionate wink to classics of theater and cinema in this poignant story of love, loss and compassion.
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Synopsis: Cecilia Roth stars in this celebrated film from Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. Distraught over the death of her teenage son, Manuela drives to Barcelona to find the boy's father, an itinerant... Cecilia Roth stars in this celebrated film from Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. Distraught over the death of her teenage son, Manuela drives to Barcelona to find the boy's father, an itinerant transsexual named Lola (Toni Canto). While combing the city's less reputable districts, she also meets up with Agrado (Antonia San Juan), a sassy transvestite prostitute, and Rosa (Penélope Cruz), a pregnant nun on her way to El Salvador. She also becomes the manager for Huma (Marisa Paredes), the actress her son idolized, and helps her through a run of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. Together these great ladies bond through various heartrending crises, enduring the pain and celebrating the beauty of being women (or almost women). Considered to be one of Almodóvar's most fully realized works, this charming and unique film blends his earlier gender-bending irreverence with the mature grace and compassion of his later work, striking a perfect note of humor and pathos. [More]
Starring: Celia Roth, Marisa Parades, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña
Starring: Celia Roth, Marisa Parades, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña, Eloy Azorin, Antonia San Juan, Rosa María Sardà, Toni Cantó
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Screenwriter: Pedro Almodóvar
Producer: Agustin Almodovar
Composer: Alberto Iglesias
Reviews for All About My Mother
Almodóvar's talent has always been acknowledged as unique, but All about My Mother demonstrates how great it is as well.
It's too dedicated to madness not to be intriguing, but there's not enough to it to be compelling.
Hits a number of the right emotional buttons, due in large part to Roth's extraordinary performance.
Like Almodovar's first masterpiece, Women on the Verge of Nervous Breakdown, this vivid melodrama, the auteur's second masterwork, celebrates the resilience and camaraderie of women under duress.
An emotionally satisfying and brilliantly played take on the ups and (mostly) downs of a group of less-than-typical female friends.
For me it felt like a good many weeks at a politically correct summer camp.
All About My Mother is a wonderful Mother's Day card, in any language.
All About My Mother, for all its self-deconstruction, is played with more sobriety and conviction than any of Mr. Almodóvar's previous films.
Almodovar does a remarkable job of running all kinds of threads through All About My Mother, tugging on each one before he methodically ties them up.
A weepie movie with a brainy sensibility, an open heart, and a wicked sense of humor.
An over-the-top collection of outrageous characters in improbable circumstances that all manage to interconnect, forming a film of incredible power, humor and finally beauty.
Each time the movie seems to be on a head-on collision with melodrama, it jumps the track and veers off toward comedy.
Almodovar has called his near-unique creations 'screwball drama.' This finds him working at his best.
This self-styled 'screwball melodrama,' a dance of grief, comedy, coincidence and resilience -- has a genuine emotional impact unlike anything Almodovar has done before.
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