- Actors: Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Ana López Mercado, Diego Luna, Nathan Grinberg
- Directors: Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón
- Writers: Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón
- Producers: Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón, Alejandra Torres, Amy Kaufman
- Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: Spanish
- Subtitles: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Fox Video
- Release Date: April 23 2007
- Run Time: 105 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (192 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005JL57
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The enormous economic gap between the haves and have-nots in modern Mexico is a subtle undercurrent in Alfonso Cuaron's dark comedy Y Tu Mamá También. Two post-high school teens, rich preppie Tenoch and his middle-class buddy Julio, find themselves directionless and bored when their girlfriends leave for Italy for the summer. The boys' fortunes change when they hook up with Luisa, the sexy, older wife of Tenoch's cousin--recently separated from her philandering husband--and embark on a farcical road trip. What starts as a happy-go-lucky quest to the find the mythical Heaven's Mouth beach turns into an acrimonious, tense examination of their relationships with each other and their partners. Y Tu Mamá También is the kind of lively, provocative, yet bittersweet movie that rarely gets made in North America anymore. It explores sex, death, poverty, and adultery in a frank, sometimes startling manner. In its bluntness and willingness to confront difficult issues head-on, it represents everything good 21st-century filmmaking should be about. --Adem Tepedelen
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Dans la veine des réalisations latino-américaines destinées à un vaste public et soutenues financièrement par les États-Unis, Y tu mamá también, du Mexicain Alfonso Cuarón, est un road movie particulièrement percutant, dont l’apparente légèreté ne sert qu’à masquer un fond beaucoup plus acide.
Lorsque Julio et Tenoch, deux adolescents désœuvrés de conditions sociales différentes, rencontrent Luisa, une ravissante jeune femme espagnole, ils décident de lui faire visiter le Mexique en l’emmenant vers une plage imaginaire qu’ils surnomment la Bouche du paradis. Guidé essentiellement par ses désirs, ce trio amoureux verra rapidement les dessous troubles de sa liberté de façade se révéler au grand jour.
Grâce à une réalisation nerveuse et à des acteurs frais et envoûtants (Maribel Verdú, Diego Luna et Gael García Bernal, qui avait déjà soutenu l’excellent Amores Perros), ce Jules et Jim piquant et ambigu, parfois féroce, est une virée excessive où le passage à l’âge adulte est envisagé comme un véritable rite initiatique, auquel amour et amitié ne peuvent réellement résister. Ce constat amer est tout de même tempéré par des scènes vives et fortes où éclatent toute l’insouciance et la fougue de la jeunesse. Malgré une voix hors champ parfois mal intégrée et une fin quelque peu prévisible, Y tu mamá también reste une surprise cinématographique insolente et sensuelle. --Helen Faradji
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Purile, obnoxious, boring.
Jun 13 2003
Format:DVD
The actors may have been good -- but the characters are unpleasant, and their activities are, too. I turned away halfway thru. It isn't the sex, it's just obnoxious.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
So what?
April 6 2003
Format:DVD
This movie was a pointless waste of film stock. I had heard many great things about this movie, and expected to rent it and be faced with an intelligent, provocative portrait of humanity. I got soft-core Mexican porn with no story.
Every character in this movie irritated me. Both the boys were immature, hypocritical and annoying. I hated them both. Also, that is not how seventeen year old boys act, no matter what their nationality. Luisa was a sad degenerate who was just as pathetic as anybody else in the film. Well, that's just my opinion.
I didn't mind the sex, but after a while it got incredibly predictable, and very annoying. For a film, the sex was very natural, but it never added anything to develop characters or bring the story along.
What bothered me most about this mess of a movie was the lack of plot. Nothing really happened. The film skips from sex scene to sex scene on a web of juvenile jokes and mindless exposition. These are occasionally mixed with totally pointless gross-out scenes, like when both boys "help themselves" on diving boards over a pool. Character developement? Not here. When a revelation finally comes, you already guessed it twenty minutes ago and you don't care.
By far the best part of this movie was the narrator. The crystal-clear lucidity he brought to moments in the film was beautiful, especially in the end. His omniscient commentary almost makes the movie worth watching, but there just isn't enough of it. Before the narrator speaks, the sound cuts out abruptly, jarring the viewer out of the flow of the film. The first time it happened I thought there was something wrong with my DVD player.
Overall, a very bad and over-hyped movie. Don't waste your time or money.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Vastly over-rated road movie
Feb 27 2003
Format:DVD
This vastly overrated exercise in boredom starred some of the most boring and repulsive people I could ever imagine being in the same car with. You've seen much better on MTV's "Road Rules." Why the two young studs are attracted to the femme character is a mystery. She's loud, temperamental, manipulative and totally unattractive. For some reason, the big shock moment is when the two guys actually kiss each other. Wow. Big trauma. There's little plot, just grubby, bare-bones budgets and lots of traveling over the backroads of Mexico.
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What movie were some of the other reviewers watching?
OK, the movie has a lot of sex in it, and the characters talk about sex a lot. If that bothers you, I suggest you don't watch it. Read more
Published on Jun 2 2006 by Barbara J. Chaplin
brilliant, provocative, compelling
This film delights in snubbing its nose at hollywood pap, like many euro and hispanic films. That is all the better for us, as this film holds nothing back in telling a wide-eyed... Read more
Published on Feb 26 2005 by scott ross
Not "X"actly for the whole family
Frankly, I'm uncertain about publicly acknowledging that I viewed this movie because it really pushes the edge of decency. Read more
Published on July 18 2004 by Randy Keehn
horrible movie, pure pedophile homosexual crap
this movie has two young boys masturbating on a diving board. (...)this is a horrible movie, and the director should be arrested. horrible. pure filth.
Published on July 11 2004 by "alertinerkirk"
Y Tu Mama Tambien some ok moments but overall not good
Y u mama tambien is a shambled mess by director alfonoso cuaron who is now at the helm of directing the next potter film. Read more
Published on July 6 2004 by GreatMovieCriticRobertfromUS
hilarious and poignant
alfonso cuaron is ace. an unforgettable movie featuring supreme acting performances, hilarity, a twist at the end (alright, it was predictable if you watched carefully), social... Read more
Published on Jun 18 2004 by milap
Good but overhyped
I thought that this was a good but not great movie, certainly not a waste of time but a let-down after the extreme hype surrounding it. Read more
Published on May 31 2004
Well worth watching
This is a good film - not great - but worth seeing at least once. And it IS a film - not a movie. For those sharp enough to pick them up, it's full of symbolism and wonderful... Read more
Published on May 13 2004 by J. Whale
it's an okay movie, and not all about sex
Luisa did not go on the road trip to get revenge on her unfaithful husband. She loved him, but she wanted to make the most of her time. Read more
Published on May 11 2004 by ringwormone
Great coming of age movie
Don't get tied up in the sex thing. While its definitely a sultry, sexy movie - this movie is a great depiction of the way that friends grow up and apart. Read more
Published on May 10 2004 by Clay C
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