Y Tu Mama Tambien
by Alfonso Cuar?n, Carlos Cuar?n
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Actor: Fernando Becerril, Flor Eduarda Gurrola, Gael Garc?a Bernal, Maribel Verd?, Paloma WoolrichDirector: Alfonso Cuar?n, Carlos Cuar?n
Brand: VERDU,MARIBEL
Producer: Alfonso Cuar?n
Writer: Alfonso Cuar?n
Producer: Carlos Cuar?n
Writer: Carlos Cuar?n
Producer: Alejandra Torres
Producer: Amy Kaufman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-22
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Y Tu Mama Tambien
Movie Review: Your mother did what?!?!
Summary: 5 Stars
One of those movies that have grown on me a considerable amount over the years, `Y tu Mama Tambien' was initially, in my eyes, a glorified soap opera. I didn't really see the deeper things as flesh was flashed across nearly every scene in gratuitous amounts and love was tossed out the window for seemingly shallow aspects of lust. I watched, stunned in more ways than one, and simply shrugged it off as just another exploitive film toted as art.
I'm so glad that my libido forced me to watch this movie a few more times.
The story of young Tenoch and Julio may seem one-dimensional and rather obvious. They are na?ve and inexperienced young men who just lost their girlfriend's to school and thus have to embark of exploring their sensuality in other ways. Enter Luisa, a much older (eleven years) woman who is going through her own set of self-discovery inducing life-altering situations. She agrees to accompany the two desperate teens on their trek to a supposed beautiful beach, but it's apparent that their intentions are far more than just a nice swim.
Well, there will be swimming, but it's not ocean water they are bathing in.
What may come across as nothing more than a series of perverse sequences with no real merit is actually a deeply rewarding look at the need to express oneself without losing sight of the person we are aching to become. These two young men are finally finding themselves, but not in the way in which they expect. What appears to be nothing more than a careless romp turns into a truly remarkable adventure that opens their eyes to who they are destined to become. The final scene (and by final I mean FINAL) is really what this film is all about; moving on from but never forgetting the events that have shaped your inner person. Luisa, a woman full of vibrancy despite her emotionally crippling circumstances, is blossoming in her later years thanks to this bout of carelessness.
So maybe that is the point; that every once in a while we need to just let go in order to find our personal balance.
For me, the acting in this film is mostly superb. The two young men, Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal, are fantastic. They really capture the awkward spontaneity that comes from adolescence, the insecurity that corrupts our best intentions. I love the way they fumble through their self confidence, as if their bravado is merely a mask for the fact that they are just as lost as everyone else; maybe even more so. My qualms with the acting can be found in Maribel Verdu, who was one of the major reasons I initially read `soap opera' when watching this film. Her actions can at times feel forced and contrived and clich?d. Both Bernal and Luna understood the naturalism of their characters, and I don't think that Verdu really mastered that.
But I am in the minority with that conclusion.
In the end I urge you to look at this film through a different set of eyes. It is easy to get caught up in the intense bluntness of the scenes (I did) and forgo the actual message being delivered to us here. Don't make the mistake of writing this one off.
Summary of Y Tu Mama Tambien
Julio and Tenoch are two teens ruled by raging hormonesand a mission to consume exotic substances. But one summer, the boys learn more about life than they bargain for when they set off on a wild, cross-country road trip with seductive, 28-year-old Luisa. Both boys taste forbidden fruit as Luisa schools them in the finer points of passion, but will their mutual desire for her destroy their friendship forever?Plenty of juicy "s" words apply to And Your Mother Too: sexy, sweet, subtle, sad, surprising, superb... and did we say sexy? With enough male and female nudity to qualify as softcore porn--but deserving none of the stigma attached to that label--this vibrant coming-of-age road movie is guaranteed to jumpstart any viewer's libido. Frank treatment of its characters' burgeoning sexuality makes this unrated film a real eye-opener, but it's never prurient or juvenile. Rather, the three-way odyssey of two 17-year-old Mexican boys (Gael Garc?a Bernal, Diego Luna) and a 28-year-old Spanish beauty (Maribel Verd?) is energetic and affirmative, while acknowledging that relationships--and sexual adventures--rarely develop without a hitch or two (or three). Filmed in sequence by Alfonso Cuar?n (Great Expectations), and shot with invigorating natural style, this refreshing comedy-drama employs an omniscient narrator to reflect upon precious stolen moments, weaving three lives into a memorable tapestry of fun, friendship, and fate. --Jeff Shannon
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