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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 27 Jan 2022

Every shot, every narrative beat, every decision exudes not merely confidence, but the touch of a master…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 27 Jan 2022

The film allows you to ponder not just the mother-child bond – strong enough to confront fascism – but the way everyone has to let their…

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By Clarisse Loughrey (259) for The Independent (259) on 27 Jan 2022

Parallel Mothers, in that way, brings a new sense of depth to Almodóvar’s gallery of fearless women – suggesting that their strength is…

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By Ian Freer (515) for Empire (3,446) on 21 Jan 2022

Almodóvar juggles comedy and drama to terrifically entertaining ends, aided by a tip-top Penélope Cruz…

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By Sarah Bea Milner (33) for Screen Rant (892) on 21 Jan 2022

Disarmingly relatable and unpredictable, Parallel Mothers is an unflinching and unforgettable look at motherhood, love, and loss…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for The Seattle Times (964) on 20 Jan 2022

Almodóvar fills the movie with eloquent touches — scenes softly fading to black, music twisting like vines, an old house whose stories whisper…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 20 Jan 2022

Melodrama mixes with light-hearted touches, moral dilemmas, and historical reckoning in Almodóvar’s latest…

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By Bradh6886 (19) on 16 Jan 2022

PARALLEL MOTHERS is a moving drama that elevates beyond the sum of its parts. Penelope Cruz gives a masterful and believable performance…

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By Katezoe (154) on 15 Jan 2022

I love Pedro Almodovar movies, he is an incredible director, but not in Parallel Mothers. Penélope Cruz was above average. Movie did not resonate…

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By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out (7,510) on 13 Jan 2022

Only Pedro Almodóvar could wrap a cry of pain about Spain’s inability to come to terms with its recent dark history into a gorgeous-looking…

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By Mark Feeney (434) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 10 Jan 2022

The heroine of a woman’s picture is almost always a victim, a practitioner of redemption through suffering…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 05 Jan 2022

Somehow, the great Almodóvar has managed to weave together these tales of recent birth and long-ago deaths in a way that is unnerving and…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 05 Jan 2022

Despite some of the seemingly obtuse screenwriting decisions made by Almodovar, Parallel Mothers is a strong, affecting drama that asks tough…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 04 Jan 2022

It is a beautiful excavation, fueled by tremendous performances from frequent Almodóvar collaborator Penélope Cruz and relative feature-film…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 04 Jan 2022

The geometry of filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar’s masterful, moving Parallel Mothers, which follows the stories of two women who give birth almost…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 04 Jan 2022

What keeps us glued to our seats are a series of unexpected plot turns, little and surprising story moments that create curiosity and sometimes…

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By Leandrocosta (1) on 04 Jan 2022

Almodóvar proves his formal maturity. This is a movie about the power of memory and the power of the cinema itself…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 03 Jan 2022

The Spanish maestro knows precisely how to get all the colors out of his charismatic muse, and in turn, the veteran star takes his material…

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By Richard Brody (868) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 03 Jan 2022

Almodóvar pursues the politics of memory with uninhibited vigor, with a relentlessly physical immediacy that endows his tale of startling…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 03 Jan 2022

Here is Cruz at her least showy and yet her most adventurous, allowing a storm of confusion to sweep across her face as she sits at a café…

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