Parallel Mothers Reviews

Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this movie, I was quite eager to check it out. Indeed, after an impressive and prolific career going over 4 decades, Almodovar was finally tackling one of the darkest pages of Spain history. However, it seemed that he chickened out as he decided to squeeze it into one of his typical convoluted family drama. Of course, you could argue that both stories were dealing with genetic identity and heritage but, in my opinion, this link was just too thin. I mean, looking for some long deceased and seemingly lost relatives through DNA test and figuring out who’s the mother of a misplaced young baby also with some DNA test was hardly the same thing. It’s too bad because these two tales were actually interesting but mixing them turned out to be rather awkward. On top of that, he kept adding layers upon layers of dramatic turns and I’m glad I’m familiar with his work, otherwise, I can imagine how alienating his chaotic approach can be. As an example, it was probably not the greatest idea to have these two mothers starting a romantic relationship, especially since it was completely dropped 10 minutes later. Still, Almodovar always delivers such fascinating and complex women and he certainly didn’t disappoint in this area. Furthermore, the female cast was top-notch and I’m not surprised that Penelope Cruze was nominated for an Academy Award for her work. Anyway, I guess we will have to wait a little bit longer to have Almodovar making a movie really focusing on the Spanish civil war but, in the meantime, this movie will do. To conclude, even it won’t belong Almodovar’s best work, it was still a solid drama and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in the work of the Spanish master. 

(Usb) Gran Almodovar, summa teológica de su sinceridad y sertividad melodramática, con solución activa, más la historia de espala en una fosa revelada, las familias y amores alternativos, la maternidad asumida y no pero nunca culpable, Penelope más allá desí misma, eterna...