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Movie Overview
Cast
Celia Roth
Marisa Parades
Penélope Cruz
Director
Pedro Almodóvar
MPAA Rating
R - Sexuality, Strong Sexual Dialogue, Language, Drug Content
All About My Mother (1999)
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"A sophisticated meta-melodrama featuring some of his most complex and compassionate characters -- not so over-the-top campy as much of his previous work, yet as politically and sexually adventurous in its own shrewd ways."
Philadelphia City Paper
Cynthia Fuchs
B+
"One must give Almodóvar credit for getting his voice heard in the mainstream while keeping his artististic integrity intact."
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
4/4
"Pedro Almodóvar's best film to date, a heart-breaking paean to femininity, the maternal instinct and the thirst for drama."
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
A
"Succeeds in a number of gentle, gratifying ways."
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
"A salute to the enormous fierceness, resolve, and strength it takes to be a nurturing person. "
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A
"Both an expansion of Almodovar's famous candy-colored vision and a maturation of his ingenious directorial style."
Mixed Reviews
Gabriel Shanks
3.5/4
"An exquisitely constructed melodrama."
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
"Good, but not as great as many are touting."
Screen It!
Jim Judy
4/4
"
All About My Mother
is a wonderful Mother's Day card, in any language."
Big Picture Big Sound
Joe Lozito
A-
"Almodóvar's best to date."
Old School Reviews
John A. Nesbit
9/10
"A satisfying emotional journey."
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
9/10
"A celebration of friendship, family and resilience that's touching without ever being cloying."
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Maitland McDonagh
3/4
"Hits a number of the right emotional buttons, due in large part to Roth's extraordinary performance."
TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
"A loving film chock full of exuberance and humanity."
Wolf Entertainment Guide
William Wolf
10/10
"It's 1999's best foreign language film."
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