There is plenty to inflame in this picture and nothing to corrupt. [18 Mar 2002. p.152]
Y Tu Mamá También(Y tu mamá también)
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Mexico · 2001
1h 46m
Director Alfonso Cuarón
Starring Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Diana Bracho
Genre Drama, Romance
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In this coming-of-age drama, best friends Julio and Tenoch embark on a cross-country road trip with a beautiful older woman. Along the way, they learn a thing or two about life, friends, and sex. Alfonso Cuarón uses the documentary-realist style to explore what "growing up" means — and costs.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
Philadelphia Inquirer by 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.
Can be taken on many levels, and that's why it works so completely.
The eroticism in Cuaron’s road movie (which broke all box-office records in Mexico) is the real deal: tactile, sexy, psychologically charged.
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
Like watching an American teen-sex comedy through a glass darkly.
Los Angeles Times by 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.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by 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.
New York Magazine (Vulture) by Peter Rainer
The funniest and most emotionally charged erotic road movie since Bertrand Blier's "Going Places."
If this sounds like an old-fashioned sex comedy, it is -- sexy, for sure, and funny, in wild spurts.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
One of those movies where "after that summer, nothing would ever be the same again." Yes, but it redefines "nothing."
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