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Features: DVD, Unrated, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Widescreen, Dolby Digital (5.1), Spanish, English, Subtitled, Commentary
Julio and Tenoch are two teens ruled by raging hormones and 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?
"...director Cuaron did more than get his hands dirty. He struck a kind of gold." Kenneth Turan, L.A. Times
"...an exhilarating adventure in narrative, eroticism and social commentary." Peter Bradshaw, Guardian Unlimited
"...extraordinarily intelligent, uplifting, funny and charming. And Mamacita, it's so sensual..." Desson Howe, Washington Post
Editor's Note
This beautifully filmed, expertly acted movie about two 17-year-old, middle-class Mexican boys on summer break is deceivingly complex. The basic plot of the film is that best friends Tenoch (Diego Luna, BEFORE NIGHT FALLS) and Julio (Gael Garcia Bernal, AMORES PERROS), who think of nothing but sex, convince a beautiful 28-year-old woman, Luisa (Maribel Verdu), to go on a road trip with them to a nonexistent beach. They get lost. They flirt and giggle and fawn over Luisa hoping to win her over with their boyish charms. And that's about it. But that simple plotline merely provides structure for the poetry and meaning that is woven into the film with photography and narration. Periodically throughout the film, while the action continues normally, the sound stops. A voice over then gives information--sometimes a brief biography of one of the characters (birth date, name of father and mother, consequences of birth, primary childhood experiences), or a note about what each of the characters is really thinking, or a news report or historical comment that brings Mexico's tangled politics into the context of daily life. Never is the voice connected to a character in the film. It simply floats. Meanwhile, underwater photography, roving shots of the Mexican countryside, and affectionate close-ups on the characters communicate a solemnness that is not present in the plot. All of these pieces fit together easily, resulting in an excellent, whole, thoughtful film.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | English Subtitles | | Scene Access | | Audio Commentary With The Cast | | TV Spot | | Spanish 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | "Me La Debes" Short Film by Carlos Cuaron | | Deleted Scenes | | Making-Of Featurette |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 2/13/2007 |
| Running Time: 105 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 1003846 | | UPC: 00027616879677 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: Spanish | | Available Audio Tracks: Spanish | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Venice Film Festival (2001) |  | Alfonso Cuaron, Carlos Cuaron, Winner, Best Screenplay | | | Alfonso Cuaron, Nominee, Golden Lion |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...[Cuaron] works with a quicksilver fluidity, and the movie is fast, funny, unafraid of sexuality and finally devastating..." 03/15/2002 p.E13Movieline's Hollywood Life
"...Cuaron introduces some deft social commentary about the inequities of his native land....It's delightfully uninhibited..." 04/01/2002 p.40-1 Rolling Stone
"...Cuaron's hot-blooded, haunting and wildly erotic film revels in the pleasures of the flesh without losing touch with thought and feeling..." 04/11/2002 p.138 USA Today
"...An erotic tale of sexual awakening, a bittersweet coming-of-age story and a commentary on class differences....Visually arresting and heart-rending..." 04/12/2002 p.5E Sight and Sound
"...It's beautiful to look at; more importantly, it's invigorating to experience..." 04/01/2002 p.40 Total Film
"...A smart, spicy road-tripper....Cuaron should be applauded for blending light comedy and dark drama so smoothly..." 05/01/2002 p.106 Los Angeles Times
"...Outrageous without being offensive, provocatively and unapologetically sexual, alive to the possibilities of life and cinema, Alfonso Cuaron's Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN is a sophisticated film..." 03/15/2002 p.C1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...A film of unexpected richness....Adult, thoughtful, frank, bold..." 07/21/2002 p.5 Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
The key performance is by Maribel Verdu as Luisa. She is the engine that drives every scene she's in, as she teases, quizzes, analyzes and lectures the boys, as if impatient with the task of turning them into beings fit to associate with an adult woman. In a sense she fills the standard role of the sexy older woman, so familiar from countless Hollywood comedies, but her character is so much more than that--wiser, sexier, more complex, happier, sadder. It is true, as some critics have observed, that Y Tu Mama is one of those movies where "after that summer, nothing would ever be the same again." Yes, but it redefines "nothing." - Roger Ebert
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