All About My Mother (1999)
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Reviews Counted:80
Fresh:78
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
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This film is as close to a masterpiece as the director has ever produced. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Hits a number of the right emotional buttons, due in large part to Roth's extraordinary performance. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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It brims with life. Full Review |
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It's a lovely work. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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For me it felt like a good many weeks at a politically correct summer camp. Full Review |
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4/4 |
All About My Mother is a wonderful Mother's Day card, in any language. Full Review |
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All About My Mother, for all its self-deconstruction, is played with more sobriety and conviction than any of Mr. Almodóvar's previous films. Full Review |
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3/4 |
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. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
A weepie movie with a brainy sensibility, an open heart, and a wicked sense of humor. Full Review |
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5/5 |
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. Full Review |
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It displays a depth and maturity lacking in Almodóvar's earlier work. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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Almodovar has called his near-unique creations 'screwball drama.' This finds him working at his best. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Bawdy, sexual, comedic, highly emotional and full of love. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Writer-director Pedro Almodovar has grown up. Full Review |
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4/4 |
This self-styled 'screwball melodrama,' a dance of grief, comedy, coincidence and resilience -- has a genuine emotional impact unlike anything Almodovar has done before. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
An emotional film about parental love found in places where you'd least expect it. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for All About My Mother
April 05, 2006:
New "Volver" Pics: Muy Caliente!
Pedro Almodovar has teamed up again with Spanish starlet Penelope Cruz in this fall's "Volver," and we've got 38 new pics to peruse, here! More...
February 08, 2005:
Cruz and Almodovar Collaborate Again
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