Y tu mamá también |
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2001 - Mexico Director Starring |
Well this was much better-received, and perhaps exactly because (as I wrote last night) my expectations were somewhat low: I thought it would be my least-favorite Cuarón and by a long shot. The premise just sounds so preposterous and dull (an older woman runs off with two adolescent boys for a five-day sex romp), but out of it he crafts three thoroughly realized characters who are coarse and human and pained: their actions, on paper so ridiculous, are utterly believable and consistently both moving and hilarious. Cuarón knows how to keep a swift pace and vary his tone to great effect. Small moments of searing truth are well balanced with outbursts of suitably juvenile humor — the final sum is just real. This also serves as a lively love-letter to the Mexican landscape and all its classes of people. Doesn’t matter how I rank my four Cuaróns now: they’ve all been fantastic. |
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