In Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.In Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.In Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 39 wins & 48 nominations total
Daniel Giménez Cacho
- Narrator
- (voice)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaWhen the producers tried to buy the rights of Frank Zappa's "Watermelon in Easter Hay" they were told by Zappa's family that Zappa requested that three of his songs were never played in any media except the album where they appear and that song was one of them. Gail Zappa, Frank's widow, saw the movie when editing was almost completed and agreed to make an exception because she considered that Zappa would be proud of the movie.
- GoofsThe movie takes place in the summertime - we know this from the boys just having graduated, their girls going off to Europe, the weather, etc. Yet at the wedding near the beginning of the film, the narrator tells us that in a few days the president of Mexico will go to Seattle for the WTO conference - which happened in November.
- Alternate versionsSeveral scenes edited out of the final movie were made available for public viewing on the movie's official Web site. The director claims to have created multiple edits of this film to satisfy censorship rules around the world. According to the director, one of these edits, allegedly intended for Mexican distribution in protest of that country's heavy censorship, runs less than 10 minutes.
- ConnectionsEdited into Y tu mamá también: Deleted Scenes (2002)
- SoundtracksGo Shopping
Performed by Bran Van 3000
Contains samples from "Shopping" written by Eek-A-Mouse (as Ripton Hylton) and Jamal-Ski
Published by Plaything Music, Explicit Two & Eek-A-Mouse Music
administered by Plaything Music (ASCAP)
Eek-A-Mouse appears courtesy of Explicit Entertainment, by license from Sunset Boulevard Entertainment
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Sexually explicit and hilarious, yet at the same time very compelling
I read an article about this movie and some have referred to this movie as a Mexican version of "American Pie." I believe the joke was that it should be called "Latin-American Pie." Now, I enjoyed the "AP" movies, and don't believe them to be crappy movies, but they possess no depth and substance. "Y Tu Mama Tambien" is much more sexually explicit than those two films put together, but it's in no way exploitative. It's a slice-of-life story involving teens, and who's gonna deny that 80 percent of a teenager's life revolves around sex?
The two main characters, though utterly repulsive in nature, aren't totally unsympathetic, like the characters in Larry Clark's "Kids." Through the narration, we get a sense of the characters' backgrounds and why they are the way they are. We aren't simply thrown into this torrent of teenage decadence without a net.
I'm sure very few people will regard this as a comedy, but it's filled with hilarious moments, mostly involving the explicit sexual conversations. Though it leaves you with a sad feeling at the end, it doesn't keep you depressed the whole way through.
As well as being a character-driven youth drama/road movie, it's basically a film about life, most specifically fate and how it works in mysterious ways and how many people live parallel lives and simply aren't aware. I'm not going to pretend as if I wasn't stimulated by the sex scenes, or seeing the Spanish actress who plays Luisa naked, but I didn't enjoy it just because of its sexual content. Too many movies nowadays forbid you the pleasure of going on a character's journey. Too many movies are all about plot, and more specially about plot devices. Screenwriters spend so much time developing plot that character development is put on the backburner. When you get to know the characters this deeply, you're able to connect with them, feel their pleasure and feel their pain. "Y Tu Mama Tambien" is one of those rare, character-driven gems that is definitely worth a trip to the video store!
My score: 9 (out of 10)
The two main characters, though utterly repulsive in nature, aren't totally unsympathetic, like the characters in Larry Clark's "Kids." Through the narration, we get a sense of the characters' backgrounds and why they are the way they are. We aren't simply thrown into this torrent of teenage decadence without a net.
I'm sure very few people will regard this as a comedy, but it's filled with hilarious moments, mostly involving the explicit sexual conversations. Though it leaves you with a sad feeling at the end, it doesn't keep you depressed the whole way through.
As well as being a character-driven youth drama/road movie, it's basically a film about life, most specifically fate and how it works in mysterious ways and how many people live parallel lives and simply aren't aware. I'm not going to pretend as if I wasn't stimulated by the sex scenes, or seeing the Spanish actress who plays Luisa naked, but I didn't enjoy it just because of its sexual content. Too many movies nowadays forbid you the pleasure of going on a character's journey. Too many movies are all about plot, and more specially about plot devices. Screenwriters spend so much time developing plot that character development is put on the backburner. When you get to know the characters this deeply, you're able to connect with them, feel their pleasure and feel their pain. "Y Tu Mama Tambien" is one of those rare, character-driven gems that is definitely worth a trip to the video store!
My score: 9 (out of 10)
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- mattymatt4ever
- Apr 27, 2003
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Y tu mamá también
- Filming locations
- Tepelmeme Villa de Morelos, Oaxaca, Mexico(highway scenes)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,839,658
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $408,091
- Mar 17, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $33,616,692
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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