From The Little Princess to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to Children of Men Alfonso Cuaron has proved time and again he is a visionary that knows no bounds and here in Y Tu Mama Tambien, considered by many his masterpiece, he paints an picture of such electric eroticism and beauty it is hard not to envy his vision. Y Tu Mama Tambien is about two boys Julio and Tenoch who during a summer when their girlfriends went to Italy decided to take a road trip with the beautiful but older and married Luisa. Luisa has decided to go on this trip because her husband is cheating on her. What happens in the consequent time is a lot of talk of sex, acting on sexual impulses, and learning about sexuality. There is a lot of graphic sex so viewer discretion is advised, but as in all movies that use sex well the sex is portrayed as part of a broken world in the broken minds of two very sexual teenage boys. Yet the movie, for all it's sex, is not about sex, it is about growing up, finding life, and finding freedom. How, you ask, does this come from a whole bunch of sex? I cannot explain it, but it does happen and beautifully so. The ending is one of great power and great sadness, a good ending is the sign of a good movie in most cases, and here it is the sign of a unique one, one that dares to go where you never dream it can. As a quick end note I still believe Children of Men to be his best and one of the most important movies of the past 5-10 years.
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Great film, and I agree... It is hard to explain how out of so much sex and misplaced emotion does something beautiful come, but it does. This film has something to teach about growing up, and it certainly isn't to run around with an older married woman while your girlfriend is in another country.
Children of Men is amazing, although, I need to watch it again... I was exhausted and fell asleep about 30 minutes from the end, then woke up as the ending scene faded and the credits rolled. Totally ruined it for me.
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