All About My Mother
Part of every woman is a mother/actress/saint/sinner. And part of every man is a woman.
Part of every woman is a mother/actress/saint/sinner. And part of eve...
Comedy, Drama
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1999
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A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his birthday as he runs to seek an actress' autograph. Beside herself with grief, she returns to Barcelona to tell the boy's father about the death of the son he never knew he had.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
101 min
Release date:
16 Apr 1999
Country:
ES, FR
Languages:
Spanish, Catalan
Budget:
$8,272,296
Revenue:
$67,872,296
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 58 wins & 40 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It's a lovely work.
– David Edelstein,
Slate,
12 Aug 2008
fresh:
An emotionally satisfying and brilliantly played take on the ups and (mostly) downs of a group of less-than-typical female friends.
– Jonathan Holland,
Variety,
12 Aug 2008
rotten:
For me it felt like a good many weeks at a politically correct summer camp.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
12 Aug 2008
fresh:
All About My Mother, for all its self-deconstruction, is played with more sobriety and conviction than any of Mr. Almodovar's previous films.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
27 Apr 2007
fresh:
It displays a depth and maturity lacking in Almodovar's earlier work.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006