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All About My Mother

All About My Mother

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the bests
Review: All about my mother, is one of the most human movies I've seen recently. It's not important if the people are "crazy", the most important it's their capacity of loving and accepting.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What a Movie
Review: Almodovar's "Tudo sobre mi madre" is a masterpiece. The best ever from the director. A fantastic sound track performed by an Ismael Lo wonderfull song, and a terrific photo. The argument is brilliant. I recomend it to everybody

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: For all the mothers ..
Review: I had the chance to see the movie at Istanbul Film Festival last weekend, and I was stunned with the performances, especially from Cecilia Roth and Marisa Paredes. To tell you the truth, I did not even realize before seing the film that it had won the Oscar. Well... This one well deserved..

You'll watch the movie with tears in your eyes but at the same time, with a smile on your face. I guess that's why this one is my favorite after last year's 'Life is Beautiful'

A movie for all mothers, but also for those who know the meaning of love, life and sacrificing..

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A great..... stupidity
Review: What is all the hype about this film? In my humble opinion it's terrible. I just hate it. I wish I could give it 0 stars. But.... I respect the opinion of the other viewers. Still, I never liked Almodovar's work before.

But my congratulations to him for getting the Oscar ( I just can't understand why).

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: All About Almodovar
Review: A flashy, sophisticated swirl of color, design, and art nouveau excess courtesy of the city of Barcelona frame a melodramatic core of prima donna antics and suffering mujeres. These women are way past a nervous breakdown--Cecilia Roth's raw emotions set the tone for much of the film; the transgender Antonia San Juan provides the madcap Almodovar wit of his earlier movies. Penelope Cruz stands out--a dark beauty who gives a haunting, fragile performance as an HIV-infected, pregnant nun. Throw in Marisa Paredes as an aging diva with ruby hair touring in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire and the stage is set for Almodovar's tribute to suffering womanhood, replete with wistful references to All About Eve. Not as consistently enjoyable as some of his earlier work but perhaps more mature and sad, more resigned to the vicissitudes of love and death. It's amazing that Almodovar--the greatest Spanish director since Bunuel--could have remained true to his sensibility and have won an academy award. He's Bunuel with none of the bitterness--Bunuel with a smile and a wink at the absurd.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Almodovar's Best
Review: First of all, if you're not intimately familiar with "All About Eve" and "A Streetcar Named Desire," don't even bother. "All About My Mother" is the perfect homage to movies, and to women. You'll never see grander, more iconic actresses than Cecilia Roth and Marisa Paredes. This is Almodovar's most emotional work, a hearbreaker from the very beginning - but laced with humor, passion and the kind of generous, anything-goes humanity that marks all of his films.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Spanish Masterpiece!
Review: I saw this movie in Barcelona, Spain over the summer and never have I enjoyed a better movie than "Todo Sobre Mi Madre." The whole script was hilarious and was carefully planned, making it very interesting. It also had a lot of sad parts to it which made one feel like as if they were there. Hopefully this movie, this masterpiece, will win the Oscar for Best Foriegn Movie, because not only was it off the wall funny, but it also had some sense, to which can make one believe that the story could actually be true. It is a Spanish Masterpiece!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Outstanding !
Review: Like all of Aldomovar's films it is impossible to capture the essence of such through a simple review. This film is fantastic in portraying the struggles of grief and celebration and that of pain with resilience. It proves to be ideal enough for normal movie goers yet also whimsical enough to be a defining film of the unmistakeable Aldomovar genre which is already adored in the global cinematic community. The intricate pains and joys of woman/motherhood are explained through a web spun by characters who all cope with the responsabilitiy of juggling both male/female role identities some more literally than others. Great performances all around: Cecilia Roth is explosively natural and moving... Penelope Cruz ROCKS! & La Agrado stole the scene (y bien robada )! Also look out for the scene early on under the rain with the mother and son..GENIUS! It would be my pleasure to meet Mr. Aldomovar someday. He has another great film under his belt and most importantly has stayed true to his wonderful ideosyncrecies in the process.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An Outstanding Tribute
Review: The beauty of Almodovar's latest work is the loving portrayal of women and perhaps the sacrifices women make for being mothers. Although less zany than his earlier works, Almodovar still manages to include goofy bits of humor that endear you to this fine work. Almodovar is getting a lot of attention from Hollywood for this work...Don't be surprised to finally see an English-speaking movie from this brilliant director.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: La obra maestra de Almodovar
Review: Una de las mejores peliculas de 1999. De lejos, lo mejor de Almodovar. Una pelicula que refleja facetas desconocidas de distintos personajes y nos hace reflexionar sobre diversos dramas, situaciones y realidades humanas. Con dialogos, actuaciones, fotografia, musica y direccion magistrales; ademas de una conmovedora dedicatoria final.


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