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ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER is a dandy drama from Spain, about a single mom (Cecilia Roth) struggling to get a grip on her grief, after her son is killed in a car accident on his 17th birthday. She moves to Bar- celona, to find his long-estranged father, and in the process pairs up with a transvestite hooker (Antonia San Juan), a pregnant nun (Penelope Cruz), and a lesbian stage actress (Marisa Paredes). Sounds racy but is far from it. Writer/director Pedro Almodovar's seemingly flamboyant film is a rather sweet and simply-drawn story of mothers and mothering and, well, Bette Davis... Grade: B+ Copyright 2000 Michael J. Legeros Movie Hell is a trademark of Michael J. Legeros
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