Average Rating: 8/10
Reviews Counted: 80
Fresh: 78 | Rotten: 2
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.
Average Rating: 8/10
Critic Reviews: 23
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 1
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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Pedro Almodóvar directed this story of a woman and her circle of friends who find themselves suffering a variety of emotional crises. Manuela (Cecilia Roth) is a single mother who has raised her son, Esteban (Eloy Azorín), to adulthood on her own and has come to emotionally depend on him. One night, Manuela and Esteban take in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire; after the show, Esteban is struck and killed by a passing motorist as he dashes into the street to get an autograph from Huma
Apr 16, 1999 Wide
Oct 26, 2006
Sony Pictures Classics
All Critics (82) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (79) | Rotten (2) | DVD (18)
It brims with life.
Top CriticIt's a lovely work.
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, for all its self-deconstruction, is played with more sobriety and conviction than any of Mr. Almodóvar's previous films.
Almodovar has called his near-unique creations 'screwball drama.' This finds him working at his best.
This film is as close to a masterpiece as the director has ever produced.
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.
All About My Mother is a wonderful Mother's Day card, in any language.
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.
It displays a depth and maturity lacking in Almodóvar's earlier work.
Each time the movie seems to be on a head-on collision with melodrama, it jumps the track and veers off toward comedy.
Bawdy, sexual, comedic, highly emotional and full of love.
Writer-director Pedro Almodovar has grown up.
All About My Mother is a challenge to the conservative and conventional on family and relationships. Masterful performances, even from the young Penelope Cruz. Outrageously beautiful.
September 10, 2011Super Reviewer
It's nearly impossible to not be swept up in Pedro Almodóvar's melodrama "All About My Mother." It's a very affecting story that is clearly very personal and told with great care. The performances, especially from Cecilia Roth, are lovely and the cinematography is fluid and precise. "All About My Mother" is beautiful,
April 11, 2011Super Reviewer
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