All About My Mother (1999)
A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his 17th birthday as he runs to seek an actress's autograph. She goes to Barcelona to find the lad's father, a transvestite named Lola who does not know he has a child. First she finds her friend, Agrado, also a transvestite; through him she meets Rosa, a young nun bound for El Salvador, and by happenstance, becomes the personal assistant of Huma Rojo, the actress her son admired... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Pedro Almodóvar
Written By: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Penélope Cruz, Marisa Paredes, Cecilia Roth, Rosa Maria Sardà, Fernando Guillén, Candela Peña, Manuel Morón, Antonia San Juan, Eloy Azorín, Toni Cantó, Carlos Lozano
Genre: Drama
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Bown | 100 99th |
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I genuinely felt that I could have watched these characters live out their lives for the rest of their days and not been bored by a single second. Pulls off the mix between the tragic and the comic better than anything I've ever seen, while having a host of brilliant performances and photography that winks at you without being flashy. Almodovar I love you I guess
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Tds4a | 3 80th |
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I absolutely didn't expect the film to go anywhere that it did. For a brief period I was put off by its soapiness, but over time I came to love that, since it's both sincere and tongue-in-cheek at once. Almodovar balances humour and sadness wonderfully. Also, it's really cool that he can include transvestites and overt sexual references without it ever sounding juvenile or shocking for the sake of being shocking.
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MartinTeller | 98 99th |
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An absolute gem. Almodovar achieves a profound bittersweetness, depth and honesty similar to Kieslowski. Among the themes are motherhood, surrogate families, the roles women play in each other's lives and gender identity. Intensely warm and moving, sorrowful but with marvelous splashes of humor. The actresses are uniformly excellent, and none more so than Cecilia Roth in the lead. Also, the photography is gorgeous and it's got an exquisite score, reminiscent of Baladamenti's work.
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Magb | 90 85th |
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All About My Mother is a sleazy, melodramatic soap opera of a story that's been injected with massive amounts of depth and style. It's serious and you're supposed to take it seriously, but it's not too serious and sometimes you're supposed to laugh at it as well. There were moments where I thought the soap opera elements were getting too prominent for comfort, but they never lasted long. This is a sad, complex and stylish movie.
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miss jesus | 98 98th |
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Sometimes a little too wacky for its own good, but here Almodovar picks up the most unexamined elements of All About Eve and Opening Night, turning them into a film about the essential qualities of relationships, and transcendence of personal tragedy. Truly touching.
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Alex Watkins | 4 70th |
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A complex and touching tale of women's desires, friendships, and the sacrifices they make for their children. In addition, it's simply fantastic entertainment, with its combination of warm humor and melodrama, vivid use of color, wonderful acting and its deliberate homage to other films (All About Eve and Streetcar, of course, but also Opening Night et al), that its themes need not define it. That they're as complex and well-handled as they are simply makes it that much greater a film.
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PeaceAnarchy | 50 7th |
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Usually I'm pretty ambivalent about Almodovar, I'm not a fan but I can enjoy his movies. There was something about this one that I found particularly grating and stupid, though. No one felt sympathetic and everything seemed edgy just for the sake of it.
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Stain | 90 86th |
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Almodovar usually sucks but this is really good. A chick picture in which some of the chicks are retrofitted guys
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Boobjuice | 85 87th |
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An odd and compelling film.
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Vandelay1 | 77 88th |
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Good Movie
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divide | 95 97th |
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Usually I have mixed feelings about Almodóvar, but this one is a true masterpiece.
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moraesfelipe | 82 88th |
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Yes, this is a huge melodrama, and yes, this is a huge film: tragedy comes from everywhere, but Almodóvar goes from genre to genre -- from comedy to drama -- so easily that you just't cant't see it coming, you just feel intensely tied with these women.
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filmfreak88 | 90 96th |
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A ridiculously ludicrous melodrama on the surface, but an impossibly irresistible and deeply felt tribute to womanhood and femininity crafted with such passion by a male filmmaker at the height of his creative powers.
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mandy | 6 44th |
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Almodovar's colourful comic/tragic celebration of mothers and female relationships.
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Good, but the CBS sitcom is just a little bit better.
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glumpy_99 | 88 78th |
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Skillfully crafted and produced melodrama, audaciously using elements of STREETCAR and ALL ABOUT EVE in telling its offbeat story. Performances are all wonderful, wth Paredes and Roth especially standing out. Occasional moments of albeit cheerful vulgarity undermine the drama (the blow-job request scene) and as a result it is sometimes difficult to know how seriously we are meant to take the film, but overall a very fine achievement for Almodovar.
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backwardsuit | 85 91st |
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Heartfelt and uplifting story about people connecting and healing through emotional tactfulness, openness and empathy. Fantastic writing, directing, music and especially acting that balance comedy & drama in a bittersweet way. Feels both light and heavy at the same time. Very sentimental but never inappropriate or awkward with its sentiments. Possibly a bit fluffy or soapy with its adoration of "femininity" that leads it to slight exaggeration but I really don't care, it was such a joy.
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| Average Percentile 67.54% from 3106 Ratings |  |