Y Tu Mama Tambien

Theatrical Release Date: 2002 03 15 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 027616881106

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Profanity, Drug Content]

Summary: Mexican-born, New York-based filmmaker Alfonso Cuar?n directed this Mexican box-office smash hit about a pair of randy upper-class buddies that sparked some controversy for its frank depiction of drug use and sexual exploration. With their respective girlfriends away in Europe, Julio (Gael Garc?a Bernal) and his upper-class friend Tenoch (Diego Luna) are looking forward to a summer full of drink, drugs, and cheap meaningless sex. During a wedding, they meet Luisa (Maribel Verd?) -- the 28-year-old wife of Tenoch's scholarly cousin -- and try to convince her to go on a road trip to Heaven's Mouth, a made-up beach paradise the two claim is on the Oaxacan coast. To their surprise, Luisa -- who is looking to escape her troubled life for a spell -- agrees to go along. Two days into the trip, tension starts to build between the two friends: Luisa has had sex with each, and now both lads are not-so-quietly vying for her affection. Soon simmering jealousies boil over into savage arguments, threatening to completely destroy their friendship. After an enormously successful run in Mexico and Guatemala, this film was screened to much acclaim at the 2001 Venice, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Best Screenplay – Berlin International Film Festival Best Young Actor or Actress – Berlin International Film Festival Best Young Actor or Actress – Berlin International Film Festival Screen International Award – European Film Academy Best Foreign Language Film – null Best Foreign Film – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Foreign Film – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Picture (Runner-up) – National Society of Film Critics Best Foreign Film – National Society of Film Critics Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Foreign Film – National Board of Review Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Screenplay – Venice International Film Festival Marcello Mastroianni Award for Young Actor – Venice International Film Festival Marcello Mastroianni Award for Young Actor – Venice International Film Festival Best Foreign Film – Independent Spirit Awards Best Picture [Runner-up] – Toronto Film Critics Association Best Director [Runner-up] – Toronto Film Critics Association Best Foreign Language Film – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Foreign Film – Chicago Film Critics Association Best Foreign Film – New York Film Critics Circle Film Presented – International Latino Film Festival Best Foreign Language Film – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: ccOriginal theatrical trailer

Y Tu Mama Tambien

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 10/22/2002

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen, 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 100 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) Spanish

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Main Title/Long Goodbyes
2. Smell of Bread & Cologne
3. Smoking, Swimming, Boring
4. His Cousin's Wife
5. Diving-Board Fantasies
6. Sudden Little Trip
7. The Charolastra Rules
8. Faithful, Hopeless
9. A Sexual History
10. Road Hazards
11. Out of Shampoo
12. That Kind of Pain
13. Tit-for-Tat of Love
14. Payback for Tenoch
15. The End of the Dirt Road
16. Heaven's Mouth
17. The Last Phone Call
18. To Life, Love and Sex
19. Heaven's End
20. End Credits

Derek Armstrong

Y Tu Mam? Tambi?n has been casually referred to as a Spanish-language American Pie, perhaps because both films include footage of taboo body fluids floating in liquids they don't usually call home -- a swimming pool here, a beer there. But that comparison doesn't nearly do justice to Alfonso Cuar?n's bold, sexually explicit yet artistically justified coming-of-age piece, which climbs outside the box at every turn. More generous films to associate it with are Run Lola Run and Am?lie; both share Mam?'s curiosity about the interrelationship of seemingly unlike people and places, and contemplate the pasts and futures of bit players in a manner that seems essential, not superfluous. Yet it's not as glossy as those films, either. Mam? retains a documentary-style realism that's less dependant on set pieces, preferring the messy yet basically benign continuum of life. Mam?'s illuminating narration is never intrusive, even though it cuts off the soundtrack in a way that sounds like abrupt speaker failure; it contextualizes the action while leaving the deeper profundities to the viewer's own thoughts. Cuar?n's fascinating decisions are as regular as the free-flowing bull sessions so naturally performed by lead actors Diego Luna and Gael Garc?a Bernal in and around Mexico City, and on their road trip to self-discovery. Cuar?n, seeming more comfortable in his element than in a Hollywood release like the Gwyneth Paltrow vehicle Great Expectations, challenges the actors' talents in a handful of takes that last minutes on end, many of which include the camera moving seamlessly through the environment. Even with all these accomplishments, it's still as funny and as titillating as anything out there -- maybe because it doesn't have to try so hard to do either. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Alfonso Cuarón  Director 
Alfonso Cuarón  Producer 
Alfonso Cuarón  Screenwriter 
Amy J. Kaufman  Executive Producer 
David Linde  Executive Producer 
Carlos Cuarón  Screenwriter 
Jorge Vergara  Producer 
Maribel Verdú  Actor 
Gael García Bernal  Actor 
Diego Luna  Actor 
Diana Bracho  Actor 
Emilio Echeverria  Actor 
Veronica Langer  Actor 
Arturo Rios  Actor 
Martha Aura  Actor 
Daniel Jiménez Cacho  Actor 

Country: Mexico