All About My Mother

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Cerdos C Rare event: España crea una película que si es buena de verdad. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/22/25 Full Review Alexsander F Grande filme, ótimas referências! Um filme de Almodóvar é um filme de Almodóvar, sensível, poético, uma verdadeira obra de arte. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/25 Full Review Veronica H. S A movie that is a painting, a poem, and a beautiful musical creation all in one, touching every string of the soul . Almodovar's most beautiful creation Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/20/24 Full Review Jonathan M One of my all-time favorite films. Would love to program an Almodovar retrospective soon! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/23/24 Full Review Alejandra M Hermosa y conmovedora Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/25/23 Full Review Matthew B All About My Mother represented another stage in the development of Pedro Almodovar as a film director. His early films are marked by a more outrageously camp style. The humour is over-the top, the morality perverse, and the style kitsch. However over time, Almodovar's style began to mature from his independent beginnings, and his films began to deal with more serious matter. All About My Mother was certainly not the first of Almodovar's films to explore this new seriousness, but it was the best movie that he had made up until that point. He may have subsequently exceeded it with Talk to Her and Volver. Many of the trappings of the typical Almodovar film are here. The colours are bright and vibrant. The décor is gaudier than the kind that you see in most people's houses. The style is theatrical, with traditional Spanish songs, old movies and scenes from plays thrown in, complete with stage curtains descending at the beginning and end of the movie. The film is populated by typical Almodovar characters – fighting lesbians, a pregnant nun with HIV, and a few transgender prostitutes. However these comfortingly familiar Almodovar touches are only little camp frills here. The story could have been told more plainly without any of them, although if it had been, then it would not have been an Almodovar movie. These elements are inseparable from Almodovar's style, but the film has serious and universal themes too. It deals with the pain of loss, and confrontation with one's own past. What follows is a sad tale that its ironies, catty witticisms and startling dialogue cannot detract from. If you would like to read more of my views on All About My Mother, I wrote a blog (possibly containing spoilers), which can be found at: https://themoviescreenscene.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/all-about-my-mother-1999/ Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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