Echoes the unmistakable freshness and excitement of the Nouvelle Vague, the sense of joy in being alive and making movies, that made those works distinctive and unforgettable.
That rare thing, a Hollywood teen flick transfigured into something like pubescent scripture: In the beginning, there was lust; in the end, there is knowledge.
100
USA TodayClaudia Puig
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Can be taken on many levels, and that's why it works so completely.
90
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
The funniest and most emotionally charged erotic road movie since Bertrand Blier's "Going Places."
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
"You're so lucky to live in Mexico," Luisa says. "Look at it -- it breathes with life." So does Y Tu Mama Tambien, both the pant of passion and shuddering sigh of regret.
88
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Like watching an American teen-sex comedy through a glass darkly.
80
TimeRichard Corliss
TimeRichard Corliss
If this sounds like an old-fashioned sex comedy, it is -- sexy, for sure, and funny, in wild spurts.
70
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
There is plenty to inflame in this picture and nothing to corrupt. [18 Mar 2002. p.152]