All About My Mother - TNT

I'm not sure whether Aussie Samuel Adamson's enjoyable adaptation of Pedro Almodovar's multi-award winning 1999 film adds much to the vision of the original, but it copes well with the emotional story of Manuela, who when her teenage son is killed, goes in search of an unusual past and discovers an unexpected future. The tangled tale of maternal instinct, lesbian lovers, a pregnant HIV-positive nun and young lives cut short develops into an intriguing black comedy. Some performances are underpowered, but Diana Rigg's self-mocking actress Huma exudes vulnerability and authority. And Leslie Manville's bereaved Manuela holds her grief tightly to herself as she returns to Barcelona to rekindle a friendship with Mark Gatiss's Agrado (a Welsh-accented whore with boobs and a dick) and finally tracks down her estranged, similarly-endowed husband.
Old Vic, The Cut, SE1 (0870-060 6628). Until November 24. £28-£45