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Y Tu Mama Tambien
2001
This beautifully filmed, expertly acted film about two 17-year-old, middle class Mexican boys on summer break is deceivingly complex. The basic plot of the film is that best friends Tenoch (Diego Luna, BEFORE NIGHT FALLS) and Julio (Gael Garcia Bernal, AMORES PERROS), who think of nothing but sex, convince a beautiful 28-year-.. Read more
| Starring | Gael Garcia Bernal, Maribel Verdu, Diego Luna |
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| Director | Alfonso Cuaron |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, World Cinema |
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Director Alfonso Cuarón's comic road movie became the biggest home-grown box-office hit in Mexican history and it's tempting to see it as a mere foreign-language version of American Pie or Road Trip. But there's more to it than sex (which, far from titillating, is shown in all its greedy, awkward teenage haste) as two high school graduates (played by Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal) borrow a car and head off for the mythical “Heaven's Mouth” beach with unhappily married older woman Luisa (Maribel Verdú). Throughout the journey, Cuarón highlights the economic rift between Mexico's middle classes and poor with comments by a deadpan narrator. It may not be in the same league as Amores Perros (which also starred superstar-in-waiting García Bernal), but it did lead to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban for Cuarón.
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47 out of 47 people found this review helpful
Highly charged, warm and engaging road trip
A beautiful film - a touching portrait of teenage friendship and the angst/uncertainty/braggadocio that comes after puberty as young men/boys search for a ... more
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37 out of 47 people found this review helpful
Going nowhere..
This film is a road movie that goes nowhere.
Full of cliches and half-hearted stabs at important relationship issues. Implausible plot and dodgy ... more -
31 out of 33 people found this review helpful
I loved this film. It's funny, it's intelligent and it's incredibly moving. The actors give great performances and as it's set in Mexico, the ... more
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
A disappointment
This was very disappointing. It was vulgar, cliched, unsubtle and emotionally stunted. OK for those of a teenage disposition, but there are much better coming ... more
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Testosterone laden emotional journey
This film perfectly depicts how young men think and behave with intelligent and touching humour, alongside a young woman’s journey into self discovery, ... more
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47 out of 47 people found this review helpful
Highly charged, warm and engaging road trip
A beautiful film - a touching portrait of teenage friendship and the angst/uncertainty/braggadocio that comes after puberty as young men/boys search for a ... more
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37 out of 47 people found this review helpful
Going nowhere..
This film is a road movie that goes nowhere.
Full of cliches and half-hearted stabs at important relationship issues. Implausible plot and dodgy ... more -
31 out of 33 people found this review helpful
I loved this film. It's funny, it's intelligent and it's incredibly moving. The actors give great performances and as it's set in Mexico, the ... more
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13 out of 14 people found this review helpful
Forget your subtitle fears!
Any other coming of age movie is blown out of the water in comparison to this. Whilst giving a fascinating insight to Mexican life the story follows the lives ... more
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9 out of 11 people found this review helpful
An absolute must for all film lovers. A whimsical adventure following two horny teenage guys and a beautiful older lady. The Director (Alfonso Cuaron) has ... more
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8 out of 9 people found this review helpful
And Your Mother, Too!
A story of the friendship between two hormone-filled Mexican teenagers, this haunting film traces their journey to a mythical (or so they believe!) beach ... more
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9 out of 14 people found this review helpful
Adolescence, sun, mind games, background of darkness
A film full of device-sound-bites that informs you about the future as you watch the present. This film contains honest nakedness, it demonstrates just how ... more
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Brilliant, poignant, funny and touching. All in all a great piece of film-making and one that will leave you moved by the characters. The voice over device is ... more
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Mexican Road Movie
This is a road movie, a film about love and death, just when you think it's taking you one place it takes you somewhere else. It mixes sex and passion, ... more
Critics' reviews
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Director Alfonso Cuarón's comic road movie became the biggest home-grown box-office hit in Mexican history and it's tempting to see it as a mere foreign-language version of American Pie or Road Trip. But there's more to it than sex (which, far from titillating, is shown in all its greedy, awkward teenage haste) as two high school graduates (played by Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal) borrow a car and head off for the mythical “Heaven's Mouth” beach with unhappily married older woman Luisa (Maribel Verdú). Throughout the journey, Cuarón highlights the economic rift between Mexico's middle classes and poor with comments by a deadpan narrator. It may not be in the same league as Amores Perros (which also starred superstar-in-waiting García Bernal), but it did lead to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban for Cuarón.
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Y Tu Mama Tambien
This beautifully filmed, expertly acted film about two 17-year-old, middle class Mexican boys on summer break is deceivingly complex. The basic plot of the film is that best friends Tenoch (Diego Luna, BEFORE NIGHT FALLS) and Julio (Gael Garcia Bernal, AMORES PERROS), who think of nothing but sex, ...
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