Y Tu Mama Tambien

Pros: Everything about this film is above and beyond what you'd expect

Cons: Some people probably ticked off that it's not porn...

The Bottom Line: Simply amazing cinema. Think all foreign films "suck?" Try to make it through this one without changing your mind. SEE THIS FILM!

Review: Playing in only ten cities in the U.S., Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN is another extraordinary foreign film effort that would probably hold meaning for any audience lucky -- and brave enough-- to give it a shot. Bravery seems to be the thing that makes anyone in...

Pros: Cuaron's Direction, Script, Lubezki's Cinematography, Cast, & Music.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: Y Tu Mama Tambien is a brilliant, evocative masterpiece from Alfonso Cuaron who transcends all sorts of film genres into one lovely gem.

Review: Through the hordes of American and British films, whether they're big Hollywood production or indie-films, there's always a foreign film somewhere in the middle that can strike a chord with a wide audience. Many filmmakers in the past thirty years have ...

Pros: storytelling, acting, character development

Cons: R rated version ruins movie experience

The Bottom Line: This is a fantastic movie. It is everything American film-making used to be.

Review: I will explain why you should see the unrated version of this film, but first, what I will not do in this review is explain the plot of this film—this has been successfully elucidated by many other reviewers. In addition, I am a person that likes to ...

Pros: funny, bold, and real

Cons: don't watch this with horny guys or giggling girls

The Bottom Line: Mexican cinema at its best

Review: Anyone who has heard of this movie has undoubtedly heard the rumor that it’s about sex. Well, yeah, I’m not going to lie to you: sex is a pretty important aspect of this movie. However, the talk about it being a form of thinly-disguised...

Pros: Acting, the direction, a meaningful movie with sin, but manages to be full of heart.

Cons: The narrator is often edifying and a bit pointless to some of the scenes.

The Bottom Line: Profoundly sad, simulatenously sexy, and ultimately, very moving. A must-see!

Review: The context in which the title “Y Tu Mama Tambien,” is revealed is one of those instances where you’re unsure if you should laugh or feel sorry for the characters. In English, the title is “And Your Mama Too.” I simply that it was a new form of hip...

Pros: Wonderfully erotic, funny, serious and satisfying little foreign flick.

Cons: The DVD commentary track has no subtitles.

The Bottom Line: Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN is one of the most surprising films I have seen, and I thought it was an overall superb piece of filmmaking.

Review: Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN is an IFC Films presentation, and is unrated but contains strong sexual content involving teens, drug use and language. It runs 105 minutes and opened in limited theatrical release March 15, 2002.

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Pros: Maribel Verdu as the older woman, the attention to detail

Cons: few but possible some wanted porn and were disappointed

The Bottom Line: A film about a summer of self-discovery, after which nothing will be the same again but yet it redefines nothing.

Review: Y tu mama tambien (and your mother too)

It's about two teenage boys and an impulsive journey with an older woman that involves sexual discoveries. But it is also about the two Mexicos. And it is about the fragility of life and the...

Pros: rough cinematography, tangled blend of eroticism/pessimism, the three leads, cultural backdrop, camera perspective

Cons: predictable ending

The Bottom Line: A film that addresses the primacy of lust and the unexpected rewards of randomness, this picture takes us all on one heck of a ride.

Review: Never have I experienced such a skilled commingling of the ethereal and the worldly, the erotic and the banal, the imaginary and the real as I did while viewing "Y Tu Mama Tambien" ("And Your Mother Too"), a Mexican film directed by
Alfonso Cuaron....

Pros: Superb acting from principals; Great story and visuals and very funny

Cons: Might be too explicit for some

The Bottom Line: Alfonso Cuaron's comedy drama Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN is one of the funniest and most touching films about friendship captured on screen.

Review: Alfonso Cuaron's Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN is a dazzling, hilarious, and extremely sexy coming of age tale of two friends who journey through the Mexican heartland with a beautiful older woman in tow who will teach them a few private lessons about life,...

Pros: Great surprisingly deep story, Amazing Performances, Sexy, Sad, Funny, Political, Profound Fun

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: This is a wonderful little film. It is as intelligent and full of life as it gets. It is a bright little star in the current dim cinema firmament.

Review: Shame on you if you thought I was referring to luscious Maribel Verdu in a T-shirt. No, I’m talking about that deep, vicarious animal pleasure you get from watching a litter of puppies tussling around on the floor. This is something most of us feel, ...