Parallel Mothers

They accidently switched their babys in hospital. One of the babys died and the mother of the surviving child gives her baby back to the other mother. Mutch blabla, nothing happens. Noone dies (exept the baby) and thats it. Insanly stuipid.

I didn't know what this was about going in, but I was expecting an Almodóvar film complete with aesthetic, colourful visuals and a focus on relationships and the interesting dynamic between the various characters – the man doesn't disappoint. Dealing with a difficult and rare subject, there's no shortage of interesting angles to approach it from and I enjoyed the way the iconic director sometimes pushed the tone towards thriller-esque territory before veering back to the familiar. This isn't his best film by a long shot, but an outstanding Penelope Cruz will ensure that you keep watching until the very end.

Overall, I walked into the film with a brief understanding of its plot, and the film exceeded my expectation with its drama, mysteries and thrills.  For the most part, the film's pace is great, but sadly, some subplots overstay their welcome, and I found major mysteries that were introduced highly predictable, and the same can be said for key aspects of the plot.  Penelope Cruz is outstanding here, and her performance is both successfully touching and dramatic.  The film's musical score is a nice surprise, and it reminded me of older classic thrillers.  Fans of director Pedro Almodovar will generally know what to expect here and will certainly benefit from this film the most.

Plot twists and heightened drama like a soap in a good way, with incredible cinematography and acting.

one of the best movies in years. brilliant and beautiful... the maestro marches on

Mais um filme indicado do Oscar, com temas sociais sem problema com isso já que retratou bem o dilema de troca de bebês, que de mostra desesperador seja qual for a parte, uma coisa acho sem noção é que andei percebendo em muitas séries/filmes é botar sexo em tudo canto, e nesse foi um amor entre elas duas okay pode acontecer mas acho assim não era o foco do filme, então as histórias foram boas por outro lado deveriam se manter no tema, não era objetivo do filme um amor entre duas mulheres, e sim as trocas de bebês, tirando isso teve uma temática importante que as vezes pode acontecer.

I don't get the hype. The story was nothing special and it was really unpleasant.

Just got sort of ridiculous.

A wonderful experience; Penelope and Almodovar are a dream team.

The greatest 02 hours: and 03 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!