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All About My Mother (Widescreen)

Cecilia Roth (Actor), Marisa Paredes (Actor), Pedro Almodóvar (Director) | Rated: R (Restricted) | Format: DVD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (85 customer reviews)

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After her son is killed in an accident, Manuela (Cecilia Roth) leaves Madrid for her old haunts in Barcelona. She reconnects with an old friend, a pre-op transsexual prostitute named La Agrado (Antonia San Juan), who introduces her to Rosa (Penélope Cruz), a young nun who turns out to be pregnant. Meanwhile, Manuela becomes a personal assistant for Huma Rojo (Marisa Paredes), an actress currently playing Blanche DuBois in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire. All About My Mother traces the delicate web of friendship and loss that binds these women together. The movie is dedicated to the actresses of the world, so it's not surprising that all the performances are superb. Roth in particular anchors All About My Mother with compassion and generosity. But fans of writer-director Pedro Almodóvar needn't fret--as always, Almodóvar's work undermines conventional notions of sexual identity and embraces all human possibilities with bright colors and melodramatic plotting. However, All About My Mother approaches its twists and turns with a broader emotional scope than most of Almodóvar's work; even the more extravagant aspects of the story are presented quietly, to allow the sadness of life to be as present as the irrepressible vitality of the characters. Almodóvar embraces pettiness, jealousy, and grief as much as kindness, courage, and outrageousness, and the movie is the richer for it. --Bret Fetzer

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4.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL PERFORMANCES FOR A TWISTED PLOT., Aug 14 2000
This review is from: All About My Mother (Widescreen) (DVD)
Another excellent masterpiece by the one an only Almodovar, this film is quite darker than his previous movies. However, the twisted plot is there as always, as well as the unexpected ending and wonderful acting. Cecilia Roth does a great performance as the dramatic Manuela, who loses her only son to a car accident while chasing after the theater star "Huma Rojo", played by Marisa Paredes, whose glamour and beauty make her ideal for this role. However, the real star is Antonia San Juan, who literally steals the show whenever she is on screen. Her character lightens up the somewhat sad story with her witty remarks and "perverse" naivete. Also Penelope Cruz makes a great performance of "Rosa", a nun who gets pregnant by another prostitute who happens to also be the father of Manuela's child. However, the fact of her wanting to travel to El Salvador to help in the war is quite inaccurate, as the war in that country has been over for ten years now, unless the story was supposed to take place in the 80's but who knows, they never clarify that. Overall, it's a great movie and a "must see", not suitable for the closed minded, though.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible, Mar 15 2004
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H. R. Trigg "howietUK" (Swindon, Wilts United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All About My Mother (Widescreen) (DVD)
Probably my favourite film of all time!
Almodovar does it every time without fail.
He creates stories using characters that would be unsympathetically portrayed by other directors, yet he creates empathy within you even for the most screwed up them.
In this story, dealing with the love a mother has for her son, and her tragic loss when he dies, you meet prostitutes, transsexuals, transvestites and nuns with HIV!
Sounds ridiculous, but the director is a genius.
It's worth noting that this film won an Oscar for Best International Movie.
A truly moving, emotional, funny and thought provoking story, with colourful characters and told with genuine warmth.
I defy anyone not to be moved...
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5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Almodovar film, April 6 2011
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K. Gordon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All About My Mother (DVD)
My favorite Almodovar film to this date. He finally combines the best of his older, absurdist films, with his new found
maturity and real emotion that began to emerge in 'Flower of My Secret' and 'Live Flesh'.

A woman's son dies, while trying to get an autograph from a great actress, leaving his mother bereft, and trying to
start a new life. I won't give away any details, but her journey is both funny and tragic, and leads to some terrifically
unexpected and sometimes ironic places. Full of odd and wonderful characters, and some very strong acting. A bit
cute or 'forced' in a few moments, but overall a moving, special and wonderful film. If you don't know Almodovar's
work, this is an excellent place to start.
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