Member review

All about my mother (1999), directed by Pedro Almodovar, follows along a bereaved mother, an overwrought actress and pregnant nun in this Oscar-winning drama. The narrative is by far one of the strangest I’ve seen. Not submitting to any Hollywood stereotype, the story follows a non-linear narrative, with unpredictable turns and twists that you just wouldn’t expect. The actual story itself is a strange one in comparison to more mainstream American films, focusing on the people in society that are normally overlooked or depicted wrongfully in mainstream American films, such as people who are transgender and women. In a way it makes the film feel real in a way you wouldn’t get in typical films, as the main characters include people of wrongfully treated groups of people in society, as mentioned before, that making them the focus of this films makes the world of Almodovar films feel true to what we are as people in real life. Overall, if you want to try something different to ordinary, this is a great film to watch but at points if you’re not used to Pablo Almodovar way of storytelling it can get a little weird and uncomfortable at points.