89
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36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenThe eroticism in Cuaron's road movie (which broke all box-office records in Mexico) is the real deal: tactile, sexy, psychologically charged.
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOne of those movies where "after that summer, nothing would ever be the same again." Yes, but it redefines "nothing."
- 100Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranEchoes the unmistakable freshness and excitement of the Nouvelle Vague, the sense of joy in being alive and making movies, that made those works distinctive and unforgettable.
- 100Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyThat rare thing, a Hollywood teen flick transfigured into something like pubescent scripture: In the beginning, there was lust; in the end, there is knowledge.
- 100USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigCan be taken on many levels, and that's why it works so completely.
- 90New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerThe funniest and most emotionally charged erotic road movie since Bertrand Blier's "Going Places."
- 88The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey"You're so lucky to live in Mexico," Luisa says. "Look at it -- it breathes with life." So does Y Tu Mama Tambien, both the pant of passion and shuddering sigh of regret.
- 88New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardLike watching an American teen-sex comedy through a glass darkly.
- 80TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissIf this sounds like an old-fashioned sex comedy, it is -- sexy, for sure, and funny, in wild spurts.
- 70The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneThere is plenty to inflame in this picture and nothing to corrupt. [18 Mar 2002. p.152]