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Drama Cannes 1999 · Best Director

All About My Mother

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 1999 ·

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Answer Summary: Is All About My Mother worth watching?

All About My Mother (1999) earns a 87% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.

Quick Verdict: What is the Celluloid Score for All About My Mother?

Calculated from 4 available inputs: Celluloid editorial rating, Metascore, Letterboxd and IMDb. Audience sentiment is shown separately and never changes the composite. See how we calculate scores.

87%
Celluloid Score Recommended

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98% Editorial Rating
92% Audience snapshot · excluded
87 Metascore
★★★★☆ Letterboxd 4.2
7.8 IMDb /10
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Runtime
1h 41m
Cast
Cecilia Roth , Marisa Paredes , Penélope Cruz
Country
Spain
Language
Spanish

🏆 2 award wins — Won Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards 2000

Where to watch

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Why this score?

  • Celluloid's editorial rating is exceptional (98/100).
  • Audiences widely enjoyed it (92%).
  • Metascore signals universal acclaim (87/100).
  • Letterboxd diarists rate it highly (4.2/5).
  • Celluloid Score 87% combines 4 verified rating inputs; audience sentiment is shown separately.

Best for

  • Viewers who want a well-regarded drama pick
  • Short runtime — easy weeknight watch

Not ideal for

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    Is All About My Mother worth watching?

    Yes — All About My Mother earns a 87% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

    Celluloid Verdict

    Almodóvar's Oscar-winning hymn to motherhood, performance, and chosen family remains his most generous work.

    Celluloid editorial verdict

    Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.

    What is All About My Mother about?

    After her son dies, a nurse searches for his estranged father and finds a community of trans women, actresses, and survivors in Madrid.

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    Critic Reviews

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    All About My Mother (1999) Review: A Spanish Classic

    Pedro Almodóvar's All About My Mother (1999) endures as a defining drama landmark from Spain, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

    Essential viewing — a certified classic.

    Kaiser Khan Founder & Editor

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