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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.
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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.
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