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Y Tu Mamá También
IFC Films


7.8

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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Diana Bracho, Emilio Echevarría, Ana López Mercado, María Aura, and Andrés Almeida

Abandoned by their girlfriends for the summer, two rich teenagers meet an exotic older woman at a wedding and end up on a road trip together.

GENRE(S):	Romance
WRITTEN BY:	Alfonso Cuarón Carlos Cuarón
DIRECTED BY:	Alfonso Cuarón
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: October 22, 2002 Video: October 22, 2002 Theatrical: March 15, 2002
RUNNING TIME:	105 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	Mexico / USA
LANGUAGE(S):	Spanish (with English subtitles)

Title translates in English as "And Your Mother Too"; Winner, Best Screenplay, 2001 Venice International Film Festival; Nomination, Best Foreign Language Film, 2002 Golden Globes

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

One of those movies where "after that summer, nothing would ever be the same again." Yes, but it redefines "nothing."

100

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

That rare thing, a Hollywood teen flick transfigured into something like pubescent scripture: In the beginning, there was lust; in the end, there is knowledge.

100

USA Today Claudia Puig

Can be taken on many levels, and that's why it works so completely.

100

Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow

A great, lusty movie in the tradition of Bertrand Blier's "Going Places."

100

Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

Echoes the unmistakable freshness and excitement of the Nouvelle Vague, the sense of joy in being alive and making movies, that made those works distinctive and unforgettable.

100

San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer

Frank, funny and true as "Ghost World."

100

Washington Post Ann Hornaday

Part travelogue, part road picture, part meditation on class, mortality and intimacy, this extraordinary little movie might be the perfect harbinger of summer, as astute as it is steamy.

100

Chicago Tribune Mark Caro

Raunchy, smart, ebullient, melancholy, insightful, surprising, funny, frank and sexy as all get-out.

100

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

Teems with pot smoke, body parts and profane outbursts -- you ride a giggly wave throughout, jokes and turn-ons and shocking sights alternating in buoyant fashion.

100

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

Cuaron's hot-blooded, haunting and wildly erotic film revels in the pleasures of the flesh without losing touch with thought and feeling.

100

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

A vivid, thoughtful, unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.

100

Salon.com Charles Taylor

One of the most joyous movies I've ever seen, and one of the handful of great erotic films the movies have given us.

100

Washington Post Desson Thomson

There are so many good things to say about this film it's hard to find a statement that really nails it. Perhaps we can leave at this: Y Tu Mama Tambien is originality writ large.

100

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Sad, funny, sexy, and altogether marvelous.

100

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

Give yourself away to this movie and you'll be glad you did.

Slate David Edelstein

It's the way Cuarón demonstrates how a simple teen comedy can suddenly blossom into a study of sexual mores, a Mexican political allegory, a song of lamentation -- and still be breezy and funny and sexy as hell.

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

A genuine rarity: a sex comedy with brains.

The New York Times A.O. Scott

Director Alfonso Cuarón works with a quicksilver fluidity, and the movie is fast, funny, unafraid of sexuality and finally devastating.

New York Magazine Peter Rainer

The funniest and most emotionally charged erotic road movie since Bertrand Blier's "Going Places."

Newsweek David Ansen

The eroticism in Cuaron’s road movie (which broke all box-office records in Mexico) is the real deal: tactile, sexy, psychologically charged.

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

Unabashedly frank in its depiction of sex -- too frank, probably, for more discreet viewers -- but it's never exploitive or seedy.

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Like watching an American teen-sex comedy through a glass darkly.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

"You're so lucky to live in Mexico," Luisa says. "Look at it -- it breathes with life." So does Y Tu Mama Tambien, both the pant of passion and shuddering sigh of regret.

Boston Globe Jonathan Perry

Sensual, funny, and moving film.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias

In the wild and consistently surprising Y Tu Mamá También, anything isn't the half of it.

Time Richard Corliss

If this sounds like an old-fashioned sex comedy, it is -- sexy, for sure, and funny, in wild spurts.

New Times (L.A.) Bill Gallo

In elevating bawdy teen farce to political metaphor without squeezing the fun out, Alfonso Cuarón has pulled off a nice little miracle.

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

Director Alfonso Cuaron ("A Little Princess") gets vivid, convincing performances from a fine cast, and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace.

The New Yorker Anthony Lane

There is plenty to inflame in this picture and nothing to corrupt. [18 Mar 2002. p.152]

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

For what could easily have been a slickly vulgar variation on "American Pie" or "Porky's", this libidinous comedy explores some unusually complicated territory, and benefits greatly from Verdú's unpredictable performance as Luisa.

Village Voice J. Hoberman

It has the charm of the original American road movies, feasting on the gorgeous, ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker's motherland.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

It's often diverting and occasionally funny, but it's ultimately inconsequential.

Film Threat Bradley Gibson

The story is set in real world Mexico, not a cleaned-up movie world simulacrum.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Too much repetition and an unconvincing finale take a toll on the film's overall effectiveness.

Variety Leonardo Garcia Tsao

The film's biggest limitation is its oversexed, underdeveloped male duo. Playing like a south-of-the-border version of Beavis and Butt-head, the teenagers have but one thought in their heads.

The average user rating for this movie is 7.8 (out of 10) based on 82 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Sam S. gave it a10:
Very good film. Better than I thought it would be. Storyline is excellent.

Tye N. gave it a10:
This is an excellent film and, like Maria Full of Grace, is almost too real in it's subject. The actors, along with the excellent script, convey these characters and these situations with such authenticity it's almost a documentary. Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna are great, but Maribel Verdu is fantastic as the glue that holds the film together. Her performance is stunning. Alfonso Cuaron's direction is amazing, and this film is most definitely a must see.

Neal gave it a10:
Pure captivation!!!

tony s. gave it a10:
Excellent film. spontaneous acting, fun and riveting.

Dave S. gave it a10:
My favourite movie of all time. The writing is second to none, and Maribel Verdu's performance is a revelation.

Dave C. gave it a9:
The relationship between the two male protagonists is often insipid and Cuaron fails to make them sympathetic to the audience and muster up enough quite tha mount of homoerotic tension it appears he is opting for. Leaving that aside however, Y Tu Mama Tambien is a beautiful film and in spite the obvious of nouvelle vague influences and jump-cuts, every scene has an amazingly convincing and natural fluidity to it. Difficult not to recommend.

August G. gave it a0:
You call this a movie? It's hardcore/softcore porn with a plot. If the director added a few more sex scenes this movie would've premiered on the Spice Channel. The director might as well said "We're gonna film two Mexican boys getting their brains screwed out by a 28 year old harlot as they traypse across Mexico in search of a beach that doesn't even exist." which is wrong from the get go. If I want to entertain myself with something like this nature I'd read Madame Bovary than watch this sexed up piece of crap.

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Y Tu Mamá También
IFC Films