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All About My Mother

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All About My Mother (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 69 Fresh: 68  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8.1/10
 
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. 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. more
 
Rated: 15
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Theatrical Release: 00-00-0000
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 transsexual named Lola (Toni Canto). While combing the city's less reputable districts, she... [More]
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. [Less]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Celia Roth, Marisa Parades, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña, Eloy Azorin

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Screenwriter: Pedro Almodóvar
Producer: Agustin Almodovar
Composer: Alberto Iglesias

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Nov 7, 2000

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02/09/06 03:17 AM
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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Almodóvar's talent has always been acknowledged as unique, but All about My Mother demonstrates how great it is as well.

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03/05/02 08:05 AM
José Arroyo
Sight and Sound
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It's too dedicated to madness not to be intriguing, but there's not enough to it to be compelling.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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04/27/07 03:15 AM
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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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.

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07/29/06 04:03 AM
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly
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A weepie movie with a brainy sensibility, an open heart, and a wicked sense of humor.

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05/26/06 03:16 AM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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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.

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03/15/06 07:03 PM
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Each time the movie seems to be on a head-on collision with melodrama, it jumps the track and veers off toward comedy.

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12/27/05 07:25 PM
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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Almodovar has called his near-unique creations 'screwball drama.' This finds him working at his best.

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07/21/05 03:48 AM
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
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Bawdy, sexual, comedic, highly emotional and full of love.

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04/10/05 05:11 PM
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals
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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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04/25/03 08:19 AM
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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An emotional film about parental love found in places where you'd least expect it.

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02/08/03 08:41 AM
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online
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Almodovar knows how to tug on the heartstrings, and his filmmaking skills are well-displayed. Nonetheless, some fans might come away disappointed.

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11/06/02 02:52 PM
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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All these characters are a bit beyond the pale, but Almodovar invests them with more humanity than he has in previous films. And all of them, despite the craziness of their lives, just keep on truckin.'

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10/21/02 08:07 AM
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan
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Gay filmmakers like Almodóvar may be providing a last refuge for decent parts for women, and for wholehearted melodrama in our hyperironic age.

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10/03/02 02:41 PM
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly
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06/18/02 08:06 AM
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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Affecting, wonderfully acted, but oddly quaint drama

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06/13/02 06:49 PM
Jason Clark
Matinee Magazine
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Strikes a fine and effective balance between melodrama and madcap.

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04/17/02 08:06 AM
David Sterritt
Film Scouts
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A dizzying, marvelously acted rush of a movie that may, after more than 20 films, finally give Almodovar a wider crossover appeal.

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04/03/02 08:06 AM
Paula Nechak
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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