In my opinion, I felt Y Tu Mama Tambien was a thoughtfully provocative endeavor … and I loved it. Porno? Eh, borderline. But most pornography does not have such a defined structure of deeper layers nor portray sex as it really is- awkward and not always as glorious. Hollywood has the tendency to lure people in with the connotation that sex is an unbelievable spicy yet seemingly perfect experience- music and all! Now, I am not announcing my desire to view this film with my 99-year-old great grandmother, but as a film it is very captivating with its chic reality of events and comedy. Sex eventually sinks into the film’s plot as a consistent casual encounter, just as washing your hands after the restroom is a habitual norm.
Teenage boys are full of raging hormones and that holds truth throughout history in any culture. Boys mature through puberty, and the sexual curiosity/thoughts are its sidecar. Alfonso Cuarón accurately portrays this sexual tension with his two main male characters and all the uncomforting yet realistic obstacles throughout their journey to a sense of adulthood. On the other hand, Luisa really threw me a curve ball with her ‘Carpe’ Diem’ attitude. The doctor office scene totally slipped my mind (I suppose I was more focused on the sex appeal?) and I had a difficult time bonding/connecting with her. At one point, I was convinced she was merely a sexual seductress who missed out on a lot of ‘fun’ during her life and further used the boys to take out some of her regret. But then the tables turned, and all of the sudden she became a wise ‘motherly’ adult teaching Julio and Tenoch valuable life lessons… which then leads into a drunken threesome extravaganza whose morning holds nothing but awkward silence and discomfort. Time moves on, and just as in real life, one must move on from undesirable experiences.
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