Pedro Almodovar’s latest is a film about identity, secrets, lies, buried skeletons, real and metaphorical. But what you mainly need to know is: it is wonderful and delicious and blissfully styled — Almodovar doesn’t do ‘neutrals’ or Uggs — and constantly surprising. With most films you know exactly what you’ll be getting within the first ten minutes.
Deborah Ross
Unpredictable, delicious and flamboyantly stunning: Parallel Mothers reviewed
Almodovar's latest stars a terrific Penelope Cruz and leans to the thriller-ish

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