Review of Parallel Mothers (2021) by Justin Chang for Los Angeles Times — 23 Dec 2021
The genius of Parallel Mothers lies in the way it gathers up so many of its maker’s preoccupations — the heroic fortitude of women, the tragic absence of men — and rewires them in an unexpected and entirely necessary direction.
It finds Almodóvar doing something new by doing what he has always done well: finding grace and beauty amid suffering, and keeping memory alive.
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This review of Parallel Mothers (2021) was written by Justin Chang and published by Los Angeles Times on 23 December 2021.
Parallel Mothers has generally received very positive reviews.
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