The setting of this film is Mexico and two 17-year old boys find an older woman very attractive. They embark on a road trip and they learn a thing or two about life, friendship and each other. Late teen friends Tenoch Iturbide and Julio Zapata are feeling restless. Their girlfriends are traveling together though Europe before they head off to college. At a lavish family wedding, Tenoch and Julio meet Luisa Cortes. She is the 20 something wife of Tenoch’s cousin Jano. The boys are unfamiliar with Mexico because they just moved here from Spain. Tenoch and Julio tell Luisa that they will be taking a trip to the most beautiful secluded beach in Mexico called la Boca del Cielo (Heaven’s Mouth). They have made all this up to impress Luisa?? She learns of her husband Jano’s latest marital indiscretion and she decides to go on this road trip!! Their friend Saba suggests a real road trip and they opt for the plan to go to Boca del Cielo.
This film is one of my favorites!! There are amazing character studies and insights into the structures of society. The translation of the title is And Your Mama, Too. The Mexico they are driving through has police checkpoints, drug busts, traffic accidents, shanty towns and a roadblock of flowers by villagers demanding a donation for their queen. She is a girl in bridal white and she represents Mary. Mexico is a prosperous country but it has left an uneducated and penniless peasantry behind. When they arrive at the beach, they are greeted by a fisherman and his family. They have lived here for four generations, they sell them fried fish and rent them a place to stay. 5* (I liked this movie)
106 min, in Spanish with subtitles, directed and written by Alfonso Cuaron and also written by Carlos Cuaron with Maribel Verdu, Gael Garcia Bernal, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Diego Luna, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Ana Lopez Mercado, Nathan Grinberg, Veronica Langer, Maria Aura, Giselle Audirac, Arturo Rios, Andres Almeida, Diana Bracho, Emilio Echevarria, Juan Carlos Remolina.
Note: Imdb 7.6* out of 10* with 114,210 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 92% with 138 critics 88% with 69, 797 audience scores, Roger Ebert 4*, RollingStone 5* Peter Travers, Common Sense Media, Andrea Beach 4* out of 5*, age 18+, 2* positive, 2* role models, 2* violence, 5* sex, 5* language, 1* consumerism, 5* drinking, drugs, smoking, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 620 reviews, Letterboxd 4.1* out of 5* with 2.1K fans, Empireonline 4* Mark Denning.
Special Note: At many of the beaches the crew had to rake the footprints in the sand. Frank Zappa’s song Watermelon in Easter Hay was only to be played only from the album. Frank’s widow, Gail Zappa saw the edited movie and agreed to make an exception. She thought Zappa would be proud to have his song in the film. This film grossed $2.2 million in its first week and this is the biggest opening ever for a Mexican film.
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