Y Tu Mama Tambien (DVD)

'Y Tu Mama Tambien' is another film that can be considered as part of the recent Mexican/Latin American new wave cinema that includes 'Amores Perros', 'El Mariachi' and 'City of God' to name just a few. TWO'S COMPANY, THREE'S A CROWD Tenoch and Julio are two Mexican teenagers; one summer when their girlfriends are away they decide to try their luck with Luisa an older woman they meet at a wedding. Spinning her a tale of a beautiful secluded beach ...
...on a road trip across Mexico hoping that the trip will also give them an opportunity to seduce her to their surprise and delight she accepts. Luisa who is going through a tough time emotionally is desperate to escape the city and is intrigued by the two young men, thus begins a journey both physical and emotional, at times funny at times passionately charged, which will lead all three to learn new things about themselves and the country they live ...

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A couple of weeks ago, 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' was playing in my university's film series. I'd never seen the cinema so packed. Hundreds of students packed the auditorium and dozens more queued outside. No doubt everyone had heard that this film features a lot of sex. That's certainly why my friends and I turned up! A lot of people assume that if a film is in a foreign language, it is sophisticated art appropriate for people of all ages. My grandparents' ...
...ended up walking out on this film. Knowing this, I had high expectations for its raunchiness. Yes, there is a lot of sex (5 sex scenes, one masturbation scene, and one shower scene) and a decent amount of nudity, but I wasn't SHOCKED by any of it. Nor was I particularly turned on, although it was fun to be in cinema full of cheering students when the thing everyone has been hoping will happen finally does. (I don't want to ruin anything... but the ...

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Much has been made of the sexual content of this film and yes, it’s probably not something you would want to watch with your parents in the room. However, this is a film of many layers and there’s a lot more to it than a bit of nudity and liberated behaviour. The comparisons that have been made with glib American productions like “American Pie” do absolutely no justice to this thoughtful, melancholy and beautifully shot film. ...
...(Gael Garcia), two seventeen year old boys, one middle class, one more upper class and well connected. Like adolescent boys do, they go out drinking and, having waved their respective girlfriends off on a holiday in Italy, they look for women. At a family wedding they bump into Luisa (Maribel Verdu), the Spanish born wife of Tenoch’s obnoxious writer cousin, and offer to take her on a trip to the mythical beach of Boca del Cielo (Heaven’s ...

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Tenoch and Julio are Mexican teenagers who seem to have little to do over the summer holidays. Their girlfriends have left to go backpacking in Europe, and the boys pass the time drinking, taking drugs, masturbating and trying unsuccessfully to pick up girls. At a wedding they clumsily try to chat up Luisa, Tenoch's cousin's wife, by inviting her on a trip to a special beach called 'Heaven's Mouth'. After a miserable day attending the hospital for ...
...of infidelity Luisa decides to take them up on their offer, much to their surprise. The beach only exists in Tenoch and Julio's imagination, but after frantically seeking directions to a suitable beach, they pick up Luisa and set off. During their travels through remote Mexican scenery the talk turns to sex, before Luisa seduces both the boys. I can't really say why I liked this film so much without giving away what happens to all the characters ...

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...Spanish with English Subtitles Y Tu Mama Tambien or and your mama too its translated title is a coming of age road movie. Julio and Tenoch are best friends that have just seen their girlfriends go off travelling for the summer and the boys are left teaming with testosterone and adolescent hormones. The boys befriend Tenochs older cousin's wife, Luisa and tell her tales of a magical beach, Boca del Cielo. Luisa who is already unhappy in her relationship ...
...trip to the beach. The journey takes them out of their home in Mexico City. During the trip they explore their sexuality and their friendship is tested by their attraction to luisa. They learn more about each other on their trip than they could have hoped or wanted to. You may recognise Gael Garcia Bernal from Amorres Perros or in his recent portrail of Che Guervara in the Motorcycle Diaries. This is an ecellent performance from a young actor with ...

Matt.Blundell 30.01.2005 · Read full review
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Cast : Maribel Verdú .... Luisa Cortés Diego Luna .... Tenoch Iturbide Gael García Bernal .... Julio Zapata Story : Tenoch and Julio are two seventeen year olds who typically spend all their time having sex, talking about it or getting high. That is until they meet Luisa, a twenty something Spaniard who is married to Tenoch's cousin and invite her on a road trip to find a beach called "heavens Mouth". The catch is they neglected to tell ...
...During this road trip they find a lot out about each other and themselves. The movie gives a good portrayal of teenage life as well as life around Mexico City. When this movie came out it was very popular and won several awards at a number of independent movie awards. And catapulted Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal into international film scene, with Luna starring is Havana Nights and the criminal and Garcia Bernal starring in Dot the I and motorcycle ...

Elishagamble31 03.06.2005 · Read full review
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Awesome movie.. erotic yet with a storyline... one to watch with your betterhalf, not your parents!! Basically.. the story line is that there are two teenage guys, plenty of testoterone, until their girlfriends decide to travel around Europe.. the guys are left to entertain themselves, and end up going on a road trip with an older woman, who has recently split with her husband... the hormones rage in the car until the woman takes advantage of the ...
...too and friendships come and go.. The film does have subtitles, though this does not really detract from the story or action on screen. As with any subtitled move, as long as the story is good you don't really notice yourself reading..! Everyone I have spoken to who has seen it, loved it.. Overall a great friday night movie! ...

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