All About My Mother
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Movie Reviews of All About My Mother
Movie Review: Essential to the true film fanatic
Summary: 5 Stars
"All About My Mother" eschews the trite little star-studded pap that passes for drama in Hollywood these days, and carries with it a tremendous pedigree: masterful acting (some of the best I've seen in years), a great script, and possibly the most underrated director in film today, Pedro Almodovar.Almodovar has hit a few bumps in his time ("Live Flesh", "Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down"), but this one is the goods. Being a guy who digs mindless action flicks as well as tasteful foreign cinema, I can honestly say I almost cried at the end of this one. Cecilia Roth is the rope that anchors the entire cast, made up of old/young/transgendered women, and the emotion that permeates through the screen is considerable.
Penelope Cruz? Who knew she could act? I still think they should keep her away from the Hollywood machine; she performs adequately here.
As other reviewers have stated, it's a torturous ride, but one that pays off double by the end.
Movie Review: Cecilia Roth was unforgetable!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have my list of favorite actresses from various countries. To name a few: Juliette Binoche(France), Toni Collette(Austrilia), Emily Watson(England), Sandra Oh(Canada), Shofhreh Agdashloo(Iran),...., and now Cecilia Roth after seeing her in All About My Mother! She stole my heart the minute she screamed when her son got hit my the car early in the movie. It was very emotionally impacting, and the rest of the movie she continue to capture my undevided attention.
Her character had to endured grief after her son died, and she met people from her past, a nun who was HIV positive, played by the makeup-free Penelope Cruz. She reconnects with a friend who is now a pre-op transexual/hooker. She gets to be on stage as a substitute actress. She had to raise Cruz's baby. And she eventually found her ex who is now a transexual and is the father of the Cruz's baby. So she had one heaven of a journey to go through in this film. I enjyed her trmendously!
Movie Review: All about real
Summary: 5 Stars
What a gorgeous movie this is. I remember when I first saw it 2 years ago in Barcelona where I am originally from. I cried and cried, and laughed and laughed throughout the whole experience. I have seen the movie 8 times (I just received the DVD from Amazon.com and saw it again) and I just do NOT get tired of it. Cecilia Roth is absolutely amazing, Marisa Paredes plays such a colorful and intriguing Theatre Diva, Antonia San Juan is simply fantastic and every single character in the movie adds to the richness of the 2 hours. I Love Penelope Cruz as a person and actress, what a magnificent opportunity to see her in a role so simple and so wonderfully played.What can I say? I guess I really liked this movie. I hope you see it soon if you havent already. If you speak Spanish and if you have spent some time in Spain, you will enjoy it even more and, by far, you will find it a lot funnier.
Movie Review: Beautifully weaved Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
Almodovar's "All About My Mother" is perhaps the most beautifully written and acted film I have ever seen. In typical Almodovar fashion, the film is full of symbolism, vibrant colors, inter-connected story lines, and an ending that brings the entire film full circle without being cliche.
After her son dies in a tragic accident in Madrid, Manuela embarks on a personal hegira to Barcelona, where she not only takes a group of misfits under her generous wing, but she finds herself along the way. Full of masterfully detailed relationships, honesty, and love, the film is genuinely moving. Not one to leave sorrow or mystery behind, Almodovar blends the mystery of the human condition with a concoction of humor and compassion brilliantly.
This is truly a pinnacle in a career full of cinematic highs.
Movie Review: Heartbreaking and Powerful
Summary: 5 Stars
Cecilia Roth shines as a woman whose only son is cut down in the prime of life while she watched helplessly. After his death, she commits to finding his father, and so begins a telling search for the truth that is at once tinged with sadness and yet filled with wondeful spirit and light. Aldomovar is a genius of perception, and this film - rightfully an Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film - ranks up there with his own "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" as one of the best films to ever come from Spain (or any foreign country for that matter.) Funny, fast, furious and frightening at once, the tale is spun through Roth's point of view - that of a heartbroken mother who finds redemption via a cast of unseeming characters who both ooze humanity and pathos. A brilliant film, not to be missed!