2001 Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
Gael García Bernal Diego Luna Maribel Verdú Ana López Mercado Diana Bracho Verónica Langer María Aura Andrés Almeida Emilio Echevarría Nathan Grinberg Giselle Audirac Arturo Ríos Marta Aura Juan Carlos Remolina Liboria Rodríguez Silverio Palacios Mayra Serbulo Daniel Giménez Cacho Amaury Sérbulo Andrea López
Directed by - Alfonso Cuarón
Written by - Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón
Starring - Maribel Verdú, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Juan Carlos Remolina, Silverio Palacios, Andrés Almeida, Ana López Mercado and María Aura
Narrated by - Daniel Giménez Cacho
Sex; it’s sticky, it’s embarrassing and – even in these enlightened days of liberalism and pornography at the click of a button – it’s treated like some sort of shameful taboo by a large chunk of society. There are people out there who think sex is dirty and nasty and inherently bad. You know the type of people I mean; bible-belt housewives, religious zealots and angry old men who are so sexually deprived that they simply hate the idea…
Gays In Diners is my new favorite trope .... this film ... thelma & louise (1991) .. moonlight (2016) ... the list goes on probably
90/100
Alfonso Cuarón has always delved into stories of the present, using their immediacy and their unconquerable energy in order to speak volumes about the long gone or the far out of reach. Y Tu Mamá También, much like the salty ocean beaches that our main characters transverse, is a sublimely warm and nostalgic experience. In a way, watching it is the equivalent of sitting on a sandy shore on a Sunday afternoon. Everything is ahead of you, washing through the waves and crashing in rhythm, but your energy is focused on the present, and your emotions are lost within the scattered memories of the past.
which studio exec watched this and decided they should let this guy direct a Harry Potter movie
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Mexico, 2002.
I think this may be tied with Love Exposure as the best film I've seen so far in this challenge. I'm sure there are other films out there that are better deserving of this much praise, but Y Tu Mamá También is one of those films that has a primal and emotional connection with me. Not that I can relate to having an erotic road trip with a Spanish woman, but I CAN relate to the reckless, immature and highly sexualized void of youth that Alfonso Cuarón so effortlessly captures.
And I think that Y Tu Mamá También is also tied with Love Exposure for being the…
If you couldn’t tell by now, I’m obsessed with this wonderful film. This is my third time viewing it this month. This is the most beautiful and thought-provoking movie I have ever seen. I love the three leads endlessly. The banter between them feels so real (honestly they aren’t even acting, it feels like they’re just hanging out). Knowing why the characters are doing what they are doing and their motivations for the road trip are, in my opinion, the best part of the film. Their character motivations give way to the ultimate message the film is trying to give out (which I’d hate to spoil for those who haven’t watched it, yet). The camera movements and narration are simply…
Luisa is like if a Manic Pixie Dream Girl had a personality, dreams, ambitions, and problems.
The entire situation reads a bit like a male fantasy, but it bleeds at the edges into a realer world at every possible opportunity.
Incredibly sex-positive, but also very sex-realistic, and most importantly, utterly hilarious about the whole thing.
This is a very thoughtful and fucked up version of Superbad but not really at all.
I just want to drop by and say that this movie makes me feel every single emotion there is. No film will speak to me like Y Tu Mamá También does. This movie makes me think, makes me feel, and just does everything art should do. A beautifully organic slice of life that evolves at a gorgeous, natural, meandering pace. Luisa is probably my favourite character of all time, might I add.
I have this weird sensation every time I think about it. I feel so happy — happier than I’ve ever felt — but then almost immediately afterwards I want to bawl my fucking eyes out.
So either I’m severely bipolar or this is the greatest movie I’ve ever seen.
(Moved this back up to #1 on my favourites list)
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