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Movie Overview
Cast
Maribel Verdú
Diego Luna
Gael Garcia Bernal
Director
Alfonso Cuaron
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Y Tu Mama Tambien (2002)
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OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh
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9.5/10
"el sexo es sólo un personaje de algo más grande, asociado a la madurez, la identidad sexual, la intimidad y la realidad de ciertos aspectos de México."
Cinenganos
Alex Ramirez
"Its interest in the vagaries and shifting colors of truth make
Y Tu Mama Tambien
an unusual film."
Nitrate Online
Cynthia Fuchs
3.5/4
"A complex -- and thoroughly absorbing -- tale that juxtaposes the virulent beauty of Mexico with that country's seamier side."
Movie Boeuf
David N. Butterworth
B+
"It won me over with its genuine poignancy."
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
2.5/4
"As playful and politically scatterbrained as Truffaut's overrated
Jules and Jim
,
Tambien
has the raunchier upper hand."
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
A-
"Remarkable in the way it weaves real poignancy into its disarmingly lighthearted exterior."
Film Blather
Eugene Novikov
4/4
"Vastly sardonic and intoxicating,
Y Tu Mama Tambien
is a bristle and unconventionally welcoming eyeopener that refreshingly defines what it means to be an examination of sexual angst while catering to a personalized and undefined rebellion."
Movie Eye
Frank Ochieng
C-
"Coarse and titillating--you could well feel like referring to it as 'Mexican Pie'...The mere fact that it's in Spanish doesn't really make it any better."
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
A+
"Would that we all could 'breathe life' the way this film does."
Mixed Reviews
Gabriel Shanks
2.5/4
"It's not as awful as some of the recent Hollywood trip tripe ... but it's far from a groundbreaking endeavor."
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
4/4
"Erotic, controversial, and unforgettable."
Palo Alto Weekly
Jeanne Aufmuth
9/10
"[Cuarón has] created a substantive movie out of several cliched movie structures: the road movie, the coming-of-age movie, and the teenage sex comedy."
Window to the Movies
Jeffrey Chen
2.5/4
"Like its characters, Y Tu Mama has a great distance to go before it becomes enlightening."
MovieMartyr.com
Jeremy Heilman
6/10
"If adult viewers go in with lowered expectations and don't mind the graphic sexual material, they'll probably find that this film offers enough of a different take on the standard road movie."
Screen It!
Jim Judy
7/10
"It delivered in laughs, moments of surprise, drama and beauty."
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
JoBlo
4/5
"...after a number of films that inspire siestas, it’s a pleasure to watch one that feels fresh and alive."
ToxicUniverse.com
John A. Nesbit
7/10
"...a lighthearted, risqué romp with dramatic overtones...and an uncompromising view of youth and youthful vitality."
DVDTown.com
John J. Puccio
"The pedigree is much stronger than what you'd find in a typical teen rank-out comedy."
Planet Sick-Boy
Jon Popick
3/4
"Y Tu Mamá También es un buen filme gracias a lo poco convencional de su narrativa, y es quizá el proyecto más arriesgado en la carrera de Alfonso Cuarón"
Moviola
Jorge Avila Andrade
4/4
"One of these movies where I want to jump in and live in these places with these characters."
Montreal Film Journal
Kevin N. Laforest
B+
"the film belongs to the marvelous Verdu, a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public"
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
3.5/5
"A raunchy Mexican teen comedy with surprising depth and the nerve to confront subtexts that normally get short shrift in pictures aimed primarily at young men."
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Maitland McDonagh
3.5/4
"A sexy, funny, sad, uplifting, and, most importantly, human film."
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
5/5
"An incredibly joyous and life-affirming film that gushes with the energy and daring that is increasingly hard to find in Hollywood."
Goatdog's Movies
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
3.5/4
"It's about growing up, being more responsible about sex, understanding that it is an act that has weight, meaning, and significance."
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
4.5/5
"Think of Y Tu Mamá También as a Porky’s movie for the intelligentsia."
Daily-Reviews
Mike Pinsky
4/5
"Offers a shot of wise, freshly etched character comedy in a time when it's desperately needed."
eFilmCritic.com
Rob Gonsalves
B
"It starts out like one of those brainless teen sex road comedies that make me want to puke, but, thank God, it has a lot more to it than that."
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
A
"...a vivid, thoughtful, unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
3/4
"A hallmark film in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look."
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
1.5/4
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Zertinet Movies
David Johnson
3/4
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Joe Lozito
7/10
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