Editing All About My Mother (section)

==Reception==
===Critical response===
Janet Maslin of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it Almodóvar's "best film by far", noting he "presents this womanly [[melodrama]] with an empathy to recall [[George Cukor]]'s and an eye-dampening intensity to out-Sirk [[Douglas Sirk]]". She added, "It's the crossover moment in the career of a born four-hankie storyteller of ever-increasing stature. Look out, Hollywood, here he comes".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/library/film/092499ny-mother-film-review.html |title=New York Times review |work=The New York Times |date=24 September 1999 |access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' observed, "You don't know where to position yourself while you're watching a film like ''All About My Mother'', and that's part of the appeal: Do you take it seriously, like the characters do, or do you notice the bright colors and flashy art decoration, the cheerful homages to [[Tennessee Williams]] and ''[[All About Eve]]'', and see it as a [[parody]]? . . . Almodóvar's earlier films sometimes seemed to be manipulating the characters as an exercise. Here the plot does handstands in its eagerness to use coincidence, surprise, and melodrama. But the characters have a weight and reality, as if Almodóvar has finally taken pity on them – has seen that although their plights may seem ludicrous, they are real enough to hurt".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19991222/REVIEWS/912220301/1023 |title=Chicago Sun-Times review |work=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=3 February 2012 |date=22 December 1999 |archive-date=26 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926134131/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19991222%2FREVIEWS%2F912220301%2F1023 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Bob Graham of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' said, "No one else makes movies like this Spanish director" and added, "In other hands, these characters might be candidates for confessions – and brawls – on ''[[The Jerry Springer Show]]'', but here they are handled with utmost sympathy. None of these goings-on is presented as sordid or seedy. The presentation is as bright, glossy, and seductive as a fashion magazine . . . The tone of ''All About My Mother'' has the heart-on-the-sleeve emotions of soap opera, but it is completely sincere and by no means [[Camp (style)|camp]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/12/22/DD71088.DTL |title=San Francisco Chronicle review |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=22 December 1999 |access-date=3 February 2012 |first=Bob |last=Graham}}</ref>

Wesley Morris of the ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'' called the film "a romantically labyrinthine tribute that piles layers of inter-textual shout-outs to ''All About Eve'', Tennessee Williams, [[Truman Capote]], [[Federico García Lorca]] and [[Alfred Hitchcock]], and beautifully assesses the nature of facades . . . Almodóvar imbues his [[Romance novel|Harlequin-novel]]-meets-[[Marvel Comics|Marvel-comic-book]] melodramas with something more than a wink and a smile, and it is beguiling. His expressionism and his screenwriting have always had fun together, but now there is a kind of faith and spirituality that sexcapades like ''[[Law of Desire]]'' and ''[[Kika (1993 film)|Kika]]'' only laughed at... it contains a host of superlative firsts: a handful of the only truly moving scenes he has filmed, the most gorgeous dialogue he has composed, his most dimensional performances of his most dimensional characters and perhaps his most dynamic photography and elaborate production design".<ref>{{cite news|author=Wesley Morris, Examiner Film Critic |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1999/12/22/STYLE8676.dtl |title=San Francisco Examiner review |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=22 December 1999 |access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref>

Jonathan Holland of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the film "emotionally satisfying and brilliantly played" and commented, "The emotional tone is predominantly dark and confrontational . . . But thanks to a sweetly paced and genuinely witty script, pic doesn't become depressing as it focuses on the characters' stoic resilience and good humor".<ref>{{cite news|last=Holland |first=Jonathan |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117492027.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0 |title=Variety review |work=Variety |date=15 April 1999 |access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref>

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|98|8.1|97|Almodovar weaves together a magnificent tapestry of femininity with an affectionate wink to classics of theater and cinema in this poignant story of love, loss and compassion.|ref=yes|access-date=February 23, 2025}} {{Metacritic film prose|87|34|ref=yes|access-date=February 23, 2025}} In 2018 the film was ranked 32nd in BBC's list of The 100 greatest foreign language films.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films|url= https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20181029-the-100-greatest-foreign-language-films|website=bbc|date=29 October 2018|access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref> [[British Film Institute]] ranked the film at No. 69 on its list of "90 great films of 1990s".<ref>{{cite web|title=90 great films of 1990s|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/90-great-films-1990s|website=bfi.org|date=18 July 2019}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
''' [[Academy Awards]]'''
*[[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] ('''won''')

''' [[BAFTA Awards]]'''
*[[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language|Best Film Not in the English Language]] ('''won''')
*[[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] (Almodóvar, '''won''')
*[[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Original]] (Almodóvar, nominated – lost to ''Being John Malkovich'', Charlie Kaufman)

''' [[Golden Globe Awards]]'''
*[[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] ('''won''')

''' [[Goya Awards]]'''
* [[Goya Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (Roth, '''won''')
* Best Cinematography (nominated – lost to ''Goya in Bordeaux'')
* Best Costume Design (nominated – lost to ''Goya in Bordeaux'')
* [[Goya Award for Best Director|Best Director]] (Almodóvar, '''won''')
* [[Goya Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] ('''won''')
* [[Goya Award for Best Picture|Best Film]] ('''won''')
* Best Makeup and Hairstyles (nominated – lost to ''Goya in Bordeaux'')
* Best Original Score (Iglesias, '''won''')
* Best Production Design (nominated – lost to ''Goya in Bordeaux'')
* Best Sound ('''won''')
* [[Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] (Peña, nominee – María Galiana, ''Alone'')
* [[Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Original]] (Almodóvar, nominee – lost to ''Alone'', Benito Zambrano)

;Other awards
* [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] ('''winner''')
* [[British Independent Film Awards|British Independent Film Award]] for Best Foreign Language Film ('''winner''')
* [[Butaca Awards|Butaca Award]] for Best Catalan Film Actress (Candela Peña, '''winner''')
* [[Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award]] ('''winner''')<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5312/year/1999.html |title=Festival de Cannes: All About My Mother |access-date=8 October 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822131434/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5312/year/1999.html |archive-date=22 August 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury|Cannes Film Festival Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]] (Pedro Almodóvar, '''winner''')<ref name="festival-cannes.com" />
* [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1999|Chicago Film Critics Association Award]] for Best Foreign Language Film ('''winner''')
* [[César Award for Best Foreign Film]] ('''winner''')
* [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film]] ('''winner''')
* [[European Film Awards|Jameson People's Choice Award for Best European Director]] ('''winner''')
* [[European Film Awards|European Film Award for Best European Film]] ('''winner''')
* [[European Film Awards|European Film Award for Best European Actress]] (Cecilia Roth, '''winner''')
* [[GLAAD Media Awards|GLAAD Media Award]] for Outstanding Film in Limited Release (nominee)
* [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] (nominee)
* [[London Film Critics Circle]] Award for Foreign Language Film of the Year ('''winner''')
* [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] ('''winner''')
* [[National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] ('''winner''')
* [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] ('''winner''')
* [[Association of Latin Entertainment Critics|Premios ACE Award]] for Best Film ('''winner''')
* Premios ACE Award for Best Actress – Cinema (Cecilia Roth, '''winner''')
* Premios ACE Award for Best Supporting Actor – Cinema (Fernando Fernán Gómez, '''winner''')
* Premios ACE Award for Best Supporting Actress – Cinema (Marisa Paredes, '''winner''')
* [[Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] ('''winner'''; tied with ''[[Three Seasons]]'')