All About My Mother
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Metascore
87 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 38 Ratings

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  • Starring: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes
  • Summary: This is the story of a mother (Roth) recovering from the death of her teenage son. She travels to Barcelona to find her son's father and revisits many places of her youth.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    100
    The year's best foreign-language movie an absolute must-see.
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  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    100
    Almodovar is adept at weaving together strands you'd never guess would match.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    100
    Almodóvar's masterwork, is a spectacular synthesis of everything that has always interested him -- proud women, lovely boys, beautiful drag queens, grand movie stars, gorgeous frocks, wild wallpaper .
  4. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Bill Gallo
    80
    The unfettered comedy of life bubbling up from the Spanish unconscious continues to be proudly liberationist, gloriously extreme, and achingly human.

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  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
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  1. anthonyuk
    10
    Simply outstanding!
    Heartfelt with wonderfully interesting characters, if this film doesn't move you then you're not human!
    The champion of     cinema that celebrates women, Almodovar is an absolute genius!… Expand
  2. gabrielsu
    10
    A breathtaking masterpiece. By far it's Almodóvar's best movie to date. The cast it's marvelous, the photography it's genial, the angles of thhe camera. Very well written and directed.… Expand
  3. LuisG.
    10
    Honest bittersweet portrayal of life
  4. smijatov
    7
    Maybe I have had very high expectations of this film, since Almodovar is my favourite director, but I felt somewhat confused. Well, I definitely felt with the characters - the emotion was very real from all the actors, especially Cecilia Roth and Marisa Paredes. However, the story itself leaves me with so many questions, something that I am used to have answered in Almodovar's films. Or maybe that's a new development, since I have seen all of the films that came after this one, before I have watched All About My Mother.
    Either way, it is definitely worth watching and the excellent acting and music (typical of Almodovar's works) make the film something one ought to watch. So yes, a very good film, somewhat confusing and question-provoking, but ultimately good.    … Expand

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