Y Tu Mamá También
IFC | Release Date: March 15, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
89
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
33
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
NewsweekDavid Ansen
The eroticism in Cuaron's road movie (which broke all box-office records in Mexico) is the real deal: tactile, sexy, psychologically charged.
100
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
One of those movies where "after that summer, nothing would ever be the same again." Yes, but it redefines "nothing." Read full review
100
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
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. Read full review
100
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
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. Read full review
100
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Can be taken on many levels, and that's why it works so completely. Read full review
100
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
A great, lusty movie in the tradition of Bertrand Blier's "Going Places." Read full review
100
San Francisco ChronicleCarla Meyer
Frank, funny and true as "Ghost World." Read full review
100
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Part travelogue, part road picture, part meditation on class, mortality and intimacy, this extraordinary little movie might be the perfect harbinger of summer, as astute as it is steamy. Read full review
100
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Cuaron's hot-blooded, haunting and wildly erotic film revels in the pleasures of the flesh without losing touch with thought and feeling. Read full review
100
Chicago TribuneMark Caro
Raunchy, smart, ebullient, melancholy, insightful, surprising, funny, frank and sexy as all get-out. Read full review
100
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Teems with pot smoke, body parts and profane outbursts -- you ride a giggly wave throughout, jokes and turn-ons and shocking sights alternating in buoyant fashion.
100
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
A vivid, thoughtful, unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Read full review
100
SalonCharles Taylor
One of the most joyous movies I've ever seen, and one of the handful of great erotic films the movies have given us. Read full review
100
Washington PostDesson Thomson
There are so many good things to say about this film it's hard to find a statement that really nails it. Perhaps we can leave at this: Y Tu Mama Tambien is originality writ large. Read full review
100
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Sad, funny, sexy, and altogether marvelous. Read full review
100
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Give yourself away to this movie and you'll be glad you did.
90
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
The funniest and most emotionally charged erotic road movie since Bertrand Blier's "Going Places." Read full review
90
The DissolveNoel Murray
The digressiveness of Y Tu Mamá También is its masterstroke. Read full review
90
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Director Alfonso Cuarón works with a quicksilver fluidity, and the movie is fast, funny, unafraid of sexuality and finally devastating. Read full review
90
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
A genuine rarity: a sex comedy with brains. Read full review
90
SlateDavid Edelstein
It's the way Cuarón demonstrates how a simple teen comedy can suddenly blossom into a study of sexual mores, a Mexican political allegory, a song of lamentation -- and still be breezy and funny and sexy as hell. Read full review
88
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. Read full review
88
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Like watching an American teen-sex comedy through a glass darkly.
88
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Unabashedly frank in its depiction of sex -- too frank, probably, for more discreet viewers -- but it's never exploitive or seedy. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeJonathan Perry
Sensual, funny, and moving film. Read full review
80
TimeRichard Corliss
If this sounds like an old-fashioned sex comedy, it is -- sexy, for sure, and funny, in wild spurts. Read full review
80
New Times (L.A.)Bill Gallo
In elevating bawdy teen farce to political metaphor without squeezing the fun out, Alfonso Cuarón has pulled off a nice little miracle.
80
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
In the wild and consistently surprising Y Tu Mamá También, anything isn't the half of it. Read full review
75
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Director Alfonso Cuaron ("A Little Princess") gets vivid, convincing performances from a fine cast, and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace. Read full review
70
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
There is plenty to inflame in this picture and nothing to corrupt. [18 Mar 2002. p.152]
70
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
For what could easily have been a slickly vulgar variation on "American Pie" or "Porky's", this libidinous comedy explores some unusually complicated territory, and benefits greatly from Verdú's unpredictable performance as Luisa. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
It has the charm of the original American road movies, feasting on the gorgeous, ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker's motherland. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
It's often diverting and occasionally funny, but it's ultimately inconsequential. Read full review
60
Film ThreatBradley Gibson
The story is set in real world Mexico, not a cleaned-up movie world simulacrum. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Too much repetition and an unconvincing finale take a toll on the film's overall effectiveness. Read full review
40
VarietyLeonardo Garcia Tsao
The film's biggest limitation is its oversexed, underdeveloped male duo. Playing like a south-of-the-border version of Beavis and Butt-head, the teenagers have but one thought in their heads. Read full review
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