What is the Metascore for All About My Mother?

All About My Mother has a Metascore of 87 out of 100 on Celluloid.

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Official theatrical poster for All About My Mother (1999)

Sony Pictures Classics

Drama

All About My Mother

Q: Is All About My Mother worth watching?

All About My Mother (1999) has a Celluloid Score of 88%, averaged across critic reviews, audience ratings, Metascore, Letterboxd, and IMDb. It comes recommended overall. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 1999

Quick Verdict

All About My Mother (1999) has a 88% Celluloid Score — our average across critic reviews, audience ratings, Metascore, Letterboxd, and IMDb. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

88%

Celluloid Score Recommended

Averaged from 5 sources

98% Critic Score

92% Audience

87 Metascore

★★★★☆ Letterboxd 4.2

7.8 IMDb /10

Runtime: 1h 41m
Cast: Cecilia Roth , Marisa Paredes , Penélope Cruz

Is All About My Mother worth watching?

Yes — All About My Mother earns a 88% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

Critics Consensus

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

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.

Critic Reviews

critic All About My Mother

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

★★★★½ 4.5/5

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.