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.
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12/24/08
All About My Mother (1999)
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Reviews Counted: 78
Fresh: 76
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
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... [More]
Starring: Celia Roth, Marisa Parades, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
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Reviews for All About My Mother
It brims with life.
08/12/08
Top CriticIt's a lovely work.
08/12/08
An emotionally satisfying and brilliantly played take on the ups and (mostly) downs of a group of less-than-typical female friends.
08/12/08
Top CriticFor me it felt like a good many weeks at a politically correct summer camp.
08/12/08
Top CriticAll About My Mother is a wonderful Mother's Day card, in any language.
07/14/07
All About My Mother, for all its self-deconstruction, is played with more sobriety and conviction than any of Mr. Almodóvar's previous films.
04/27/07
Top CriticAlmodovar 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.
07/29/06
A weepie movie with a brainy sensibility, an open heart, and a wicked sense of humor.
05/26/06
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.
03/15/06
It displays a depth and maturity lacking in Almodóvar's earlier work.
02/09/06
Each time the movie seems to be on a head-on collision with melodrama, it jumps the track and veers off toward comedy.
12/27/05
Almodovar has called his near-unique creations 'screwball drama.' This finds him working at his best.
07/21/05
Top CriticBawdy, sexual, comedic, highly emotional and full of love.
04/10/05
Writer-director Pedro Almodovar has grown up.
05/20/03
This self-styled 'screwball melodrama,' a dance of grief, comedy, coincidence and resilience -- has a genuine emotional impact unlike anything Almodovar has done before.
04/25/03
Top CriticAn emotional film about parental love found in places where you'd least expect it.
02/08/03
Almodovar knows how to tug on the heartstrings, and his filmmaking skills are well-displayed. Nonetheless, some fans might come away disappointed.
11/06/02
Top CriticAll 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.'
10/21/02
Gay filmmakers like Almodóvar may be providing a last refuge for decent parts for women, and for wholehearted melodrama in our hyperironic age.
10/03/02
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April 05, 2006:
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