All About My Mother
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Movie Review: All About Las Mujeres....
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this dvd recently at a discount as a previously viewed item. I've always enjoyed Pedro Almodovar's work, especially my favorite, "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown". I had read and heard lots of good things about "All About My Mother" and after watching it, I wasn't let down. Cecilia Roth is excellent as Manela, a mother her loses her only son, Esteban, to a car accident before her very eyes. Grief stricken she decides to run away from Madrid where she lived and return to Barcelona, the city that she left years ago as a young pregnant woman. Once in Barcelona she meets an old friend called La Agrado, a transsexual prostitute, who in turn introduces her to Rosa, a nun, who becomes a new friend. She also finds work with Huma Rojo (played wonderfully by Marisa Paredes) an actress who is touring the country playing Blanche DuBois in Tennessee William's great work, "A Street Car Named Desire". It was this play that she saw with her son the night he was killed, as he was trying to meet Huma Rojo. The story has lots of twists and is always interesting, as you would expect from Almodovar. But it is the relationships between these women that is the real star of this movie. Almodovar explores the depth of friendship and sisterhood between these women but never turns it into a Lifetime Movie. And due must be given to the actresses, in paticular Cecelia Roth, Marisa Paredes and Antonio San Juan. This movie is a great find and I recommend it to all.Movie Review: Beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an amazing film that gets better every time I see it. The first time I saw it was in Spain, without English subtitles. I figured I had probably missed a significant part of the movie because my spanish is far from perfect, so I rented it as soon as I got back home to America. I've seen it again, and again, and it never gets old. The reason might be that the concept is so original. Beware all people who like only like safe, conventional American movies, this film is not for you. It's plot centers around homosexuals, transvestites, a pregnant nun, a drug-addicted actress, and just about anyone you might expect to see on Jerry Springer. Any one without a VERY open mind might be frightened, worried, "weirded out" etc. by this movie. Nevertheless, despite it's odd cast of characters the movie is really about concepts that are universal. Funny, shocking, dramatic, disturbing, powerful, this movie hits all the bases. You'll want to read Bodas de Sangre (Blood Weddings), a Street Car Named Desire, and watch All About Eve, just to get more of of thisspectacular movie. Almodovar is a genius, the cinematography is great, the plot amazing, what can I say, I love this movie.Movie Review: Even better with repeated viewings!
Summary: 5 Stars
Sometimes exploring a film in the undisturbed quiet of your home reveals much more about that film than a first encounter in the Movie Theater. Such is definitely the case with Almadovar's exquisite little masterpiece, "All About My Mother". Seeing the movie in the theater invovled an overlay of audience reaction that covers just how compelling this story is. Inapropriate laughter from fellow attendees when transvestism, pregnant nuns, diva turns by aging actresses made the movie seem strangely bawdy, even comedic. Without the interference from mindless movie goers who bring to a film all of their behavioural dysfunctions and attitudes - without all that, Almadovar's genius shines through. Brilliant performances by a stunning cast bring to life this drama of loneliness, prejudice, homphobia, private and public pain, alternative life style, the aging female, etc. all presented in such a unique setting that leaves you weak with respect for this directors talent. On the DVD is a very fine interview with Almadovar (in English - the film is in Spanish) that for once is an addendum that enhances the next viewing of the film. Highly recommended.Movie Review: Breathtaking - a Spanish masterpiece about everything!
Summary: 5 Stars
An exploration of women and life as a whole, All About My Mother succeeds admirably in everything it tries to achieve. The drama is fascinating, displaying a real sense of emotion in the characters. There is some comic relief from very sad parts of the film that comes from the transsexual Agrada. The film also fulfils many other genres quietly - romance, adventure etc, and it makes all of them seem real. In fact, that is the word I would describe this movie the most with: real. The film is so fabulously right and I and many other viewers can relate to the characters and the situations, for some people it'd be like someone was following you around you're entire life and written a script just about you and it is, I repeat, real. The acting is brilliant, Cecelia Roth totally stealing the show as the mother of a dead son, Penelope Cruz giving great support in her best role as the HIV positive and pregnant sister Rosa. This is a film that you won't want to end, a simply magnificent movie that is not only one of the best films of 1999, but one of the best non-English films ever.Movie Review: I LOVE THIS MOVIE
Summary: 5 Stars
My main reason for renting this movie was due to a homework assignment in college for Spanish class. And I am so glad that I did, in fact I now own the DVD. Almodóvar is a brilliant director. Since I am focused on learning castilian, I watch the movie over and over again. And by doing so I have caught the director's fine details at making a great movie that I seemed to have missed the first time. The colors are so rich, the actresses are amazing, Cecilia Roth is probably one of the most "real" actresses I have ever watched on screen.I have also watched "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" and it seems to me that Pedro Almodóvar is focused on putting men in negative (for the most part)stereotypical rolls...as weak, cheating, using, non-caring.(Has anyone noticed this besides me?) And the women are running the show, doing "right". Which is fine by me, I enjoy the tremendous combination of talented actors grouped together.
Great job Pedro, keep up the wonderful work!