tangreat-bk A coming of age story that has deeper issues on it's mind.Two adolescent teens go on road trip with an unhappily married woman. That's the basic plot of the movie. You could follow the surface level plot and still have a great time. It is often funny , well written and I think one of the most sexually charged movies I have seen in a while. It feels truthful and insightful all the while remaining entertaining and well paced. All the characters have their moments and their respective arcs are satisfying.But this movie works on another level. The first time when the sound is muted out and the narrator speaks, you get an uneasy feeling. And as they begin their road trip the narrator talks about different tragedies that have occurred around them and will occur in the future. There is a pervasive sadness around that is contrasted by the lives of the main characters.The performances are superb. The direction is masterful. The writing is damn good. This is a great movie. Another winner from Alfonso Cuarón. One of his best.

jaymistry-64120 This movie is beautiful with a beautiful story...it is fun road-trip drama with an ending that surprised me...from a time where movies had decent story..I am so sick of mindless action superhero movies nowadays with explosions and firing, I have actually started watching 90's and early 00's movies which have story attached to them...go for it...i really luved this one...!

kestonnhorst "Y tu mamá también" is a movie that focuses heavily on time, friendship, and sex, how they correspond to one another, and how far each of them can stretch before one breaks. A significant portion of the movie is dedicated to how far Tenoch and Julio would go to have sex with Luisa, but much of this is background sexual tension; the real development is when the characters reach their breaking points in relation to sex—such as when Tenoch refuses to continue driving while Luisa and Julio have sex in the back—and friendship—such as Tenoch and Julio's progressive falling out due to scandalous confessions and a journey to a nonexistent destination for a mutual goal that sparks rivalry between them.The narrator specifically is the agent by which we look at youth and time; he observes in the present and describes how it is shaped by the past, but he also divulges information about the future that goes un-filmed and un-shown. This omnipotent knowledge feels secretive, and though he reveals through telling that Luisa had cancer, he chooses to describe and show Tenoch and Julio's last meeting, describing it so. The audience can infer that the narrator has been the camera all along, but that his eye also sees things that the audience doesn't, so he must speak to the viewers. In this way, much of this knowledge seems forbidden, something we aren't allowed to see but which we may hear rumors of, and that feeling (by no accident) seeps into the final scene with Tenoch and Julio.The meaning of the film is more like a puzzle for which we don't have all the pieces. The themes of time, friendship, and sex all intermix into what is essentially—at least in terms of plot—a meaningless journey for a goal that was realized halfway through. The audience must choose if these are the film's significance or if there is something more, some hidden knowledge that, like the narrator, we may know but cannot point out.All told, it's a well put together film with deep insights into young life, though it may often be hard to look at.

Tweekums Tenoch Iturbide and Julio Zapata are two teenaged friends living in Mexico City; their girlfriends have gone away for a holiday in Italy so they have nothing to do. During a family wedding they get chatting to their cousin's Spanish wife, Luisa, and end up inviting her to come on a trip to a great beach they know about. They don't expect to hear from her again but after she learns that her husband has slept with another woman she calls them to say she wants to go with them. This presents a slight problem as they made up the beach! Still they decide to drive to the coast. Along the way they talk about the rules they live by and their sexual experiences. After the car breaks down they stay overnight in a hotel and Luisa seduces Tenoch. Later, having witnessed what happened, Julio tells Tenoch that he had slept with his girlfriend. Luisa believes the ill feeling between the boys is because she had sex with Tenoch so she tries to balance things by having sex with Julio. This doesn't improve matters and more secrets are revealed. It looks as if they will never get to the sea but by chance they get there and try to resolve their issues… some things will never be the same though.It must be stated the this film if fairly raunchy; the opening scenes feature the two boys having sex with their girlfriends for one last time before they go away and there is more sex and nudity before the film is over. There are also lots of conversations on the subject too. That said the film isn't just sex and nudity; it is more about the characters. The three main characters are believable and sympathetic despite their obvious flaws; the boys talk about their rules but each as already broken them. There is also a degree of sadness as an unidentified narrator tells us of various tragedies that have occurred, or will later occur, along the route they are travelling and to the people they meet. The cast do a fine job making their characters seem very believable; this is especially true of Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal and Maribel Verdú who play our three protagonists Tenoch, Julio and Luisa respectively. The way director Alfonso Cuarón filmed the story in a distinctly non-glossy way added to its feeling of realism. Overall I'd say this won't be for everybody because of some of its more adult content and downbeat elements but I thought it was well worth watching.These comments are based on watching the film in Spanish with English subtitles.