Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

So much average

Good concept, poorly executed.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

There's probably no better way to say it than to describe this film as pornography disguised as cinematic art. I almost laugh at the thought other reviewers offer as the picture confronting a truth and sincerity in human relationships, as this one doesn't even come close. If the director intended to explore a coming of age story with sensitive portrayals of sexual intimacy, that would have been one thing. But the coming of age for Julio (Gael García Bernal) and Tenoch (Diego Luna) occurred well before the story even began, and opening the picture with a graphic sex scene with no prior warning is deeply disrespectful to parents who wouldn't have known any better if they had taken children along to see it. And as for Luisa (Maribel Verdú), how would anyone consider that she might have had even the slightest modicum of respect for herself by taking up with these two misfits, even considering some sort of motivation for revenge against her philandering husband. Then to top things off, Julio and Tenoch engage in an erotic scene among themselves, which just about puts the finishing touch on any sort of credibility the story might have pulled out at the last minute. I won't say I was disgusted by the picture because I've seen far worse images relative to the graphic sex, but wrapping some commendable cinematography around the package doesn't salvage it for me. Take my warning or watch it at your peril.

I watched this movie when I was in high school and I started to learn spanish, little did I know how much of an impact it is going to have on me, even later on in my "grown up years". This movie is about love, friendship, it takes you back to those teenage years where everything is just so simple and all you have to care about is getting wasted and getting laid. It kind of brings back the feeling of being young and innocent-not quite but still. This movie gives you hardcore summer vibes and lets you see a beautiful side of Mexico. This movie is funny and at the same time it's sad...because it's true. Y tu mamá tambien changed my life because it showed me how fragile life is and how you have to enjoy life to it's fullest no matter what. The actors are amazing, the music is great and whenever I watch this movie it feels like I'm going back in time being 18 and free and so happy. To sum up "Life is like the surf, so give yourself away like the sea." hell yea.

I loved it. I have to admit that the first time I saw it I didn't expect there to be so much sex especially in the first few seconds of the movie but it's all good. Most of the movie takes place on the road and focuses on the 2 main characters played by Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal as well as the female lead played by Maribel Verdú. As someone who loves foreign movies (especially when they're in Spanish) I think this's one of the best I've ever seen. The movie's about many things such as friendship, effects of time, atmosphere and mostly sex and its consequences. Bottom line, it's not a good movie, it's an awesome movie

From the second half of this otherwise elegant film the viewer realizes that the reason the young lady is sad & depressed is because she is terminally ill. Obviously she is decided to spend her last carefree vacation before she dies. The script would be fine only if cancer WAS NOT a contagious disease. Cancer has a virus-like etiology (HPV16, 18, rotavirus...etc.)and is in fact a contagious disease. Obviously the script-writer is not aware of this scientific fact. Thus the young lady from a romantic character becomes a villain. She knows very well that she is infected with cancer but nevertheless she has sex with two yang boys - thus infected them as well. It is a terrible crime, not a careless adventure. In such way the movie from romantic masterpiece becomes a tasteless thriller.