Pedro is dead. Long live Almodovar. Those expecting a return to the inflated camp and Technicolor kitsch of the Spanish director's previous efforts will be surprised by his 13th feature. The fact that all his gaudy idiosyncrasies appear to have been loaded into one comic character (scene-stealing wax-faced she-man La Agrado) is no coincidence. With the volume turned down on Almodovar's saltier elements, All About My Mother is arguably his most mature feature to date. It's certainly his most moving.
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