Review of Y Tu Mamá También (2001) by Nikolai E — 23 Jul 2009

"Life is like the surf, so give yourself away like the sea.".

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

REVIEW.

`Jules & Jim' go South of the Border could have been the pitch filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron made in this funny and at times unexpectedly touchingly real look at sex, friendship, love and life lessons involving two immature Mexican buddies (Bernal and Luna) who hook up with sexy Verdu on a road trip to a seemingly fictitious beach whereby en route they discover some revealing things about themselves together and apart. Frankly sexual yet not exploitative in its depiction of unbridled passion and having an almost quasi-documentary feel to its underpinnings. A real sleeper that uncorks the differences between the sexes and a true coming of age story that rings universal no matter what language it is told in.