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{{short description|2001 film by Alfonso Cuarón}}
{{About|the Mexican film|the song by Asesino|Cristo Satánico}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Y tu mamá también
| image          = Y tu mamá también poster.png
| alt            = Theatrical release poster showing the film's title on the upper half and the film's three main characters swimming in water on the bottom half. From left to right, the characters are Diego Luna, Maribel Verdú and Gael García Bernal.
| caption        = North American theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Alfonso Cuarón]]
| producer       = {{plainlist|
* Alfonso Cuarón
* [[Jorge Vergara]]
}}
| writer         = {{plainlist|
* Alfonso Cuarón
* [[Carlos Cuarón]]
}}
| narrator       = [[Daniel Giménez Cacho]]
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Maribel Verdú]]
* [[Gael García Bernal]]
* [[Diego Luna]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Emmanuel Lubezki]]
| editing        = [[Alex Rodríguez (film editor)|Alex Rodríguez]]<br />Alfonso Cuarón
| studio         = Producciones Anhelo
| distributor    = [[20th Century Fox]]<!--Do not add IFC here per WP:FilmDist-->
| released       = {{Film date|2001|06|08}}
| runtime        = 106 minutes
| country        = Mexico
| language       = Spanish
| budget         = $5 million
| gross          = $33.6 million
}}
'''''Y tu mamá también''''' (Spanish for ''And Your Mother Too'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiebirds.com/indie-birds-10-movies-you-must-watch-before-you-die/|title=Indie Birds - 10 Movies You Must Watch Before You Die|date=2018-01-22|website=Indie Birds|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201020232140/https://www.indiebirds.com/indie-birds-10-movies-you-must-watch-before-you-die/ |archive-date=2020-10-20 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.markreviewsmovies.com/reviews/Y/ytumama.htm|title=Mark Reviews Movies: Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN|website=www.markreviewsmovies.com|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/66|title=Y tu Mamá También (And Your Mom Too) (2002) [*** 1/2]|last=Canavese|first=Peter|website=GrouchoReviews|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spanish.academy/blog/10-best-comedy-movies-for-adults-in-spanish/|title=Top 10 Side-Splitting, Must-See Spanish Comedy Movies for Adults|last=Dominguez|first=Luis F.|date=2020-03-25|website=Homeschool Spanish Academy|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> is a 2001 Mexican [[Coming-of-age story|coming-of-age]] [[comedy drama]] [[Road movie|road film]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/y-tu-mama-tambien|title=Y Tu Mama Tambien - Movie Review|date=2017-02-16|website=www.commonsensemedia.org|language=en|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tobias |first=Scott |date=29 March 2002 |title=Y Tu Mamá También |url=https://www.avclub.com/y-tu-mama-tambien-1798195091 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412233611/https://film.avclub.com/y-tu-mama-tambien-1798195091 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lawrence.com/weblogs/scenestealers/2014/aug/22/why-the-blu-ray-format-is-essential-to-f/|title=Why the Blu-ray format is essential to film literacy, and a local 'Triumph' {{!}} Scene Stealers {{!}} Lawrence.com|website=www.lawrence.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/5775/|title=Mexican Express |last=Rainer |first= Peter|website=New York Magazine|date=18 March 2002 |language=en-us|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-04-11|title=Y Tu Mamá También (And Your Mother Too)|website=[[RTÉ.ie]]|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/movie-reviews/2002/0411/446167-ytumama/|language=en}}</ref> directed by [[Alfonso Cuarón]], who co-wrote the script with his brother [[Carlos Cuarón|Carlos]].<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/and-your-mother-too-y-tu-mama-tambien-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zndgwmtu | title=And Your Mother Too – Y Tu Mama Tambien| website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]| access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref> It follows two teenage boys who take a road trip with a woman in her late twenties and stars [[Diego Luna]], [[Gael García Bernal]], and [[Maribel Verdú]], with narration by [[Daniel Giménez Cacho]]. It is set in 1999 against the backdrop of Mexico's political and economic realities, specifically at the end of the uninterrupted seven decades of presidents from the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] and the rise of the opposition led by [[Vicente Fox]].

In addition to directing and co-writing the film, Cuarón also produced it with [[Jorge Vergara]] and edited it alongside [[Alex Rodríguez (film editor)|Alex Rodríguez]]. The film's explicit depiction of sex, nudity, and drug use caused complications in its rating. In Mexico, it earned $2.2 million its first weekend, setting a new record for the highest box office opening in Mexican cinema.<ref name="Shaw, 2013" /><ref name=mojo>{{cite web |title=Y Tu Mamá También |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3816457729/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=March 23, 2021}}</ref> In 2002, it was released in English-speaking markets under its Spanish title, with a limited release in the United States.<ref name=ifc /> It received critical acclaim and was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] at the [[Academy Awards]] and as [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[Golden Globe Awards]].

== Plot ==
Two Mexican teenage best friends, working-class Julio and upper-class Tenoch, are having sex with their respective girlfriends before the girls depart on a trip to Italy. Without their girlfriends around, the boys take the opportunity to live as bachelors. At a wedding, they meet Luisa, the Spanish wife of Tenoch's cousin Jano. Trying to impress Luisa, the boys talk about a fictitious secluded beach called Boca del Cielo (Heaven's Mouth). However, she declines their invitation to accompany them there. She later visits a doctor, after which she receives a phone call from a drunken Jano, who tearfully confesses that he cheated on her. The next day, she calls Tenoch and asks if their offer to accompany them to the beach is still open.

Although Julio and Tenoch have little idea where they will actually go, the three set off and drive through rural Mexico. They talk about their relationships and sexual experiences to pass the time; the boys boast about their exploits, while Luisa speaks of Jano and recalls her first love, who died in a motorcycle accident. During an overnight stop, Luisa leaves a tearful message on Jano's answering machine explaining that she has left him. Tenoch enters her motel room in search of shampoo but finds her crying. She seduces him and the two have sex. Julio sees them through the open door and, upset, walks away. He later tells Tenoch he had sex with Tenoch's girlfriend.

The next day, Luisa notices tension between the boys, so she has sex with Julio to "equalize" their perceived status. An upset Tenoch then reveals that he has had sex with Julio's girlfriend. Julio and Tenoch begin fighting, but stop when Luisa threatens to leave. Driving along the coastal road that evening, they happen upon an isolated beach that is actually called Boca del Cielo. Making camp there, they begin to relax and enjoy the ocean, along with the company of a local family. After their campsite is ransacked by a herd of wild pigs, they spend the night in a nearby village, where Luisa makes another phone call to Jano to bid him an affectionate but final farewell.

Luisa, Julio, and Tenoch get drunk that evening and joke about their sexual transgressions. Julio and Tenoch reveal that they each have frequently had sex with the other's girlfriend. Julio adds that he had sex with Tenoch's mother, but it is unclear whether he is serious. The three dance together sensually and then retire to their room. As Luisa kneels between the boys and stimulates them both, they embrace and kiss each other passionately. The next morning, the boys wake up naked together. Tenoch goes outside to vomit, and the boys are eager to return home. The narrator explains that their journey back was quiet and uneventful and that Luisa stayed behind to explore the nearby coves, as well as that the boys' girlfriends broke up with them and they stopped hanging out.

A year later, after a chance encounter in [[Mexico City]], Julio and Tenoch go for coffee together. They awkwardly catch up on each other's lives and news of their mutual friends. Tenoch informs Julio that Luisa died of cancer a month after their trip, and that she had been aware of her prognosis during the time they spent together. Tenoch excuses himself because his current girlfriend is waiting for him, and tells Julio that he will see him later; the narrator, however, reveals that they will never see each other again.

== Cast ==
* [[Maribel Verdú]] as Luisa Cortés
* [[Gael García Bernal]] as Julio Zapata
* [[Diego Luna]] as Tenoch Iturbide
* [[Diana Bracho]] as Silvia Allende de Iturbide
* Andrés Almeida as Diego "Saba" Madero
* Ana López Mercado as Ana Morelos
* Nathan Grinberg as Manuel Huerta
* [[Verónica Langer]] as María Eugenia Calles de Huerta
* [[María Aura]] as Cecilia Huerta
* Juan Carlos Remolina as Alejandro "Jano" Montes de Oca
* [[Daniel Giménez Cacho]] as Narrator

Cuarón did not want to cast Luna for the role of Tenoch because he was a teen idol and [[telenovela]] star in Mexico. García Bernal convinced Cuarón to hire Luna because their friendship would make the performance of their characters' friendship much easier.  Cuarón ultimately hired Luna because he became convinced that their bond would produce a natural and honest performance.<ref name=criterion>{{cite web| title=Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna on ''Y Tu Mamá También''| url=http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3263-gael-garcia-bernal-and-diego-luna-on-y-tu-mama-tambien| website=[[The Criterion Collection]]| date=13 August 2014| access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>

== Production ==

=== Development ===
After working on ''[[Great Expectations (1998 film)|Great Expectations]]'' and ''[[A Little Princess (1995 film)|A Little Princess]]'', Alfonso Cuarón envisioned a film that was not influenced by production techniques used in Hollywood cinema. Cuarón wanted to reject commercial production techniques he had used in his previous films, like dollies, close-ups, and dissolves. Instead he embraced a documentary-realist style of filmmaking for ''Y tu mamá también''.<ref name="Shaw, 2013">{{cite book| last=Shaw| first=Deborah| title=The Three Amigos: The Transnational Filmmaking of Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón| location=Manchester, UK| publisher=Manchester University Press| year=2013| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oLvPDQAAQBAJ&q=The+Three+Amigos| isbn= 978-0719082702}}</ref> Before making the film, Cuarón had worked for some time in Hollywood, prior to return to his roots in Mexican cinema.<ref name="Wood, 2006" /> In an interview, Cuarón said: "I wanted to make the film I was going to make before I went to film school, ...a film in Spanish, and a road movie involving a journey to the beach."<ref name="Wood, 2006" />

Additionally, Cuarón has cited ''[[Adieu Philippine]]'', a 1962 French New Wave film, as a crucial inspiration for ''Y tu mamá también''. Overlaps include a road trip featuring a love triangle, wide shots of a car curving down a road, an omniscient narrator, and a character dancing while staring into the camera.

=== Road movie ===
In ''Y tu mamá también'', Alfonso Cuarón reimagined the American [[road movie]] genre to depict Mexico's geography, politics, people, and culture.<ref name="Shaw, 2013" /> Cuarón wanted to use the road-film genre to challenge mid-20th century Latin-American Cinema movements that rejected the pleasure and entertainment typical of Hollywood commercial cinema created by using fictional characters and story.<ref name="Smith, 2014" /> Cuarón aimed to only borrow the pleasure and entertainment of Hollywood cinema to synthesize with political and cultural exploration of Mexico.<ref name="Smith, 2014" /> Using fictional characters and a story within the documentary-realist style, Cuarón was able to explore Mexico's geographical, cultural, and political landscapes.<ref name="Smith, 2014" />

=== Filming and production ===
The director and screenwriter were not afraid of developing ''Y tu mamá también'' during the production process.<ref name="Wood, 2006" /> Cuarón's script was minimal and unelaborate so the actors could contribute to its development during the rehearsal process.<ref name="Wood, 2006" /> Throughout the film the actors improvised.<ref name="Smith, 2014">{{cite book| first=Paul Julian| last=Smith| title=Mexican Screen Fiction: Between Cinema and Television| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BMbDAgAAQBAJ&q=ripstein| location=Cambridge, UK| publisher=Polity Press| date=27 January 2014| isbn=978-0745681252}}</ref> Instead of using high-tech equipment, the entire film was shot with a handheld camera to create a documentary-realist look that mimicked candid footage. In an interview, Cuarón said it all went "back to our original idea of 15 years ago, in which we would do a low-budget road movie that would allow us to go with some young actors and semi-improvise scenes and have a bare storyline but not be afraid of adding things as we went."<ref name="Wood, 2006" />

=== Locations ===
The beach scenes in the film were shot near the resort Bahías de [[Huatulco]] in [[Oaxaca]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filming Locations for Y Tu Mamá También (2001), in Mexico. |url=https://movie-locations.com/movies/y/Y-Tu-Mama-Tambien.php |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Y tu mamá también : Production Information |url=https://www.cinema.com/articles/730/y-tu-mam-tambien-production-information.phtml |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=www.cinema.com}}</ref>

== Home media ==
''Y tu mamá también'' was released on [[DVD]] in an unrated version in 2002 by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Y Tu Mama Tambien |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/4861/y-tu-mama-tambien/ |website=DVD Talk |access-date=3 September 2024 |date=2002-10-27}}</ref> In 2014, it received a [[Blu-ray]] release as part of [[The Criterion Collection]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Y tu mamá también |url=https://www.criterion.com/films/28005-y-tu-mama-tambien |website=The Criterion Collection |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{tracklist
| extra_column    = Artist
| title1          = Here Comes the Mayo
| writer1         = Barry Ashworth, Francisco "Paco" Ayala, Randy Ebright, Ismael Fuentes, Miguel Huidobro, Jason O'Bryan
| extra1          = [[Molotov (band)|Molotov]] and [[Dub Pistols]]
| length1         = 4:06
| title2          = La Sirenita
| writer2         = Ignacio Jaime
| extra2          = [[Plastilina Mosh]]
| length2         = 3:55
| title3          = [[To Love Somebody (song)|To Love Somebody]]
| writer3         = [[Barry Gibb]], [[Robin Gibb]]
| extra3          = [[Eagle Eye Cherry]]
| length3         = 3:55
| title4          = Showroom Dummies
| writer4         = [[Ralf Hütter]]
| extra4          = [[Señor Coconut]]
| length4         = 5:29
| title5          = Insomnio
| writer5         = Rubén Isaac Albarrán Ortega, Emmanuel del Real Díaz, Aleja Flores, Enrique Rangel Arroyo, José Alfredo Rangel Arroyo
| extra5          = [[Café Tacuba]]
| length5         = 2:59
| title6          = Cold Air
| writer6         = Corner, Coverdale-Howe, Natalie Imbruglia, Pickering
| extra6          = [[Natalie Imbruglia]]
| length6         = 5:01
| title7          = [[Discosis|Go Shopping]]
| writer7         = Bran Van 3000
| extra7          = [[Bran Van 3000]]
| length7         = 2:52
| title8          = La tumba será el final
| writer8         = Felipe Valdés Leal
| extra8          = [[Flaco Jiménez]]
| length8         = 2:44
| title9          = Afila el colmillo
| writer9         = E. Acevedo, Jay de la Cueva, J. B. Lede, María Rodríguez, Florentino Ruiz Carmona
| extra9          = [[Titán (band)|Titán]], [[La Mala Rodríguez]]
| length9         = 2:52
| title10         = Ocean in Your Eyes
| writer10        = Miho Hatori, Smokey Hormel
| extra10         = [[Miho Hatori]], [[Smokey Hormel]]
| length10        = 4:02
| title11         = Nasty Sex
| writer11        = Fancisco Javier del Campo, Muriel Rojas Rodríguez, Óscar Rojas Rodríguez
| extra11         = [[La Revolución de Emiliano Zapata]]
| length11        = 4:02
| title12         = By This River
| writer12        = Brian Eno, [[Dieter Moebius]], [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]]
| extra12         = [[Brian Eno]]
| length12        = 3:03
| title13         = [[Si no te hubieras ido]]
| writer13        = Marco Antonio Solís
| extra13         = [[Marco Antonio Solís]]
| length13        = 4:47
| title14         = Watermelon in Easter Hay
| writer14        = Frank Zappa
| extra14         = [[Frank Zappa]]
| length14        = 9:05
| title15         = Y tu mama tambien
| writer15        = Upsurt feat. Beloslava
| extra15         = Upsurt feat. Beloslava
| length15        = 3:55
}}

== Distribution and finance ==
''Y tu mamá también'' was produced by Anhelo Producciones, a company co-founded by Cuarón and [[Jorge Vergara]], a well-known Mexican businessman and the film's producer. The company provided sufficient funding to make the film and launch an impressive marketing campaign. The $5 million film budget was substantial by Mexican film standards. Advertisement and publicity appeared across Mexico. Along with the help of Anhelo Producciones, the ratings board controversy gave the film a lot of free publicity in Mexico.<ref name="Shaw, 2013" /> On location production support was provided by Alianza Films International. The film was distributed in Mexico by [[20th Century Fox]]. Shortly after the Mexican release, [[IFC Films]] acquired North American distribution rights to the film.<ref name=ifc>{{cite web|title=IFC to 'Mother' pic|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Dana|last=Harris|date=18 June 2001|access-date=18 March 2022|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/ifc-to-mother-pic-1117801597/}}</ref>

== Reception ==
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A box office success both domestically and abroad,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://remezcla.com/lists/film/10-films-spanish-blew-u-s-box-office/ |title=10 Spanish-Language Movies That Blew Up the U.S. Box Office |last=Vargas |first=Andrew |date=October 15, 2015 |website=Remezcla |access-date=June 25, 2021}}</ref> ''Y tu mamá también'' grossed $2.2 million in its first week, breaking Mexico's box office records for domestic films. It went on to gross a record $12 million in Mexico.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=19|date=September 3, 2001|title=Romance woos Venice; 'Dust' busts|last=Rooney|first=David}}</ref>

The film became a global success after its distribution by U.S. independent companies [[Good Machine]] and [[IFC Films]]. The film grossed $13.8 million in the US and Canada, making it the second-highest grossing Spanish language film in the United States at the time,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropical/all-time-top-grossing-spanish-language-films-in-the-us |title=All-Time Top Grossing Spanish-Language Films in the U.S. |date=September 29, 2013 |website=Cinema Tropical |access-date=June 25, 2021}}</ref> and poised Bernal for crossover success into American markets<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2002/11/interview-padre-padre-mexicos-native-son-gael-garcia-bernal-stars-in-the-controversial-the-crim-80124/ |title=INTERVIEW: Padre, Padre: Mexico's Native Son Gael Garcia Bernal Stars in the Controversial "The Crime" |last=Torneo |first=Erin |date=November 12, 2002 |website=IndieWire |access-date=June 25, 2021}}</ref> (Bernal's 2004 performance in ''[[The Motorcycle Diaries (film)|The Motorcycle Diaries]]'' would go on to break this record). It grossed $33.6 million worldwide.<ref name=mojo/>

Critically, ''Y tu mamá también'' garnered acclaim upon its original release. The review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 91% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based upon a sample of 192, and an average rating of 8.10/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Led by a triumvirate of terrific performances, Alfonso Cuarón's free-spirited road trip through Mexico is a sexy and wistful hymn to the fleetingness of youth".<ref name="rottentomatoes">{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/y-tu-mama-tambien/ |title=Y Tu Mamá También |access-date=2020-10-30|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film received an [[weighted mean|average]] score of 89 out of 100 based on 36 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/ytumamatambien |title=Y Tu Mamá También (2002): Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2009-05-06 }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film four stars out of four, saying, "Beneath the carefree road movie that the movie is happy to advertise is a more serious level—and below that, a dead serious level."<ref name="ebert">{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=5 April 2002|title=Y Tu Mama Tambien; Review|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/y-tu-mama-tambien-2002|access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>

''Y tu mamá también'' won the Best Screenplay Award at the [[Venice Film Festival]].<ref name=Aguilar/> It was also a runner-up at the [[National Society of Film Critics|National Society of Film Critics Awards]] for Best Picture and Best Director<ref name=ChicagoTrib/> and earned a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 2003 [[Academy Awards]].<ref name=Oscar/> The film made its US premiere at the [[Hawaii International Film Festival]].<ref name="honolulu">{{cite news |title=The 25th Hawaii International Film Festival |last=Tsai |first=Michael |date=30 March 2005 |newspaper=[[The Honolulu Advertiser]] |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/honoluluadvertiser/access/1791642221.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+30%2C+2005&author=Tsai+Michael&pub=Honolulu+Advertiser&desc=THE+25TH+HAWAII+INTERNATIONAL+FILM+FESTIVAL&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104165642/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/honoluluadvertiser/access/1791642221.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+30,+2005&author=Tsai+Michael&pub=Honolulu+Advertiser&desc=THE+25TH+HAWAII+INTERNATIONAL+FILM+FESTIVAL&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2012 |access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref>

=== Censorship controversies ===

The film was released without a rating in the US because a market-limiting [[NC-17]] was unavoidable.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f_ZlSCBuRO4C&q=y+tu+mama |title=The Movie Business Book |edition=Third |editor-first=Jason E. |editor-last=Squire |date=29 June 2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0743219372 |via=Google Books}}</ref> The [[MPAA]]'s presumed treatment of the film based on the graphic depiction of sex, nudity and drug use in comparison to its much more accepting standards regarding violence, prompted critic Roger Ebert to question why movie industry professionals were not outraged: "Why do serious film people not rise up in rage and tear down the rating system that infantilizes their work?"<ref name=ebert/>

In 2001, Alfonso and Carlos Cuarón sued the Mexican Directorate of Radio, Television, and Cinema (RTC) for the film's 18+ rating (A grade ‘C’ certificate from the RTC), which they considered illegal political censorship. They took legal action to expose the government-controlled ratings board, prompting its transformation into an autonomous organization free of government involvement and political influence. The 18+ rating was administered for strong sexual content, nudity involving teens, drug use, and explicit language, and prevented audiences under 18 from admittance. They claimed the ratings board was operating illegally by denying parents the right to choose who can watch the film, violating fundamental legal rights in Mexico.<ref name="Wood, 2006">{{cite book |last=Wood |first=Jason |title=The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema |location=London | publisher=Faber and Faber Ltd |year=2006 |isbn=978-0571217328}}</ref>

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col"| Award
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient
! scope="col"| Result
|-
| [[Academy Awards]]<ref name=Oscar>{{cite web| title=75th Academy Awards | url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003 | website=oscars.org | date= 5 October 2014 | access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| [[Alfonso Cuarón]] and [[Carlos Cuarón]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2| [[BAFTA Awards]]<ref name="bafta">{{cite web| title=BAFTA Awards 2003 | url= https://awards.bafta.org/award/2003/film | website=awards.bafta.org |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language|Best Film not in the English Language]]
| 
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web| title= Y Tu Mamá También | url= https://goldenglobes.com/film/y-tu-mama-tambien/ | website=The Golden Globes| access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
| 
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[National Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref name=ChicagoTrib>{{Cite web |date=2003-01-06 |title='Pianist' sweeps National Film Critics awards |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/01/06/pianist-sweeps-national-film-critics-awards/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=NatSoc>{{Cite web |date=2009-12-19 |title=Past Awards |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=National Society of Film Critics |language=en}}</ref>
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
|
|{{runner-up}}
|-
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
|
|{{won}}
|-
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|Alfonso Cuarón
|{{runner-up}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{cite news| title=Critics' Group In New York Gives 'Heaven' Five Awards| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/17/movies/critics-group-in-new-york-gives-heaven-five-awards.html| first=A. O.| last=Scott| date=17 December 2002| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
|
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{cite web| title=Film and Video Awards: Broadcast Film Critics Association Critics' Choice Awards| url=http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/awards/criticschoice.html| website=University of California, Berkeley Library| access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref>
| [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
|
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Independent Spirit Awards]]<ref>{{cite news| title='Heaven' tops Indie Spirit Awards| url=https://variety.com/2003/film/awards/heaven-tops-indie-spirit-awards-1117883201/| first=Dana| last=Harris| date=22 March 2003| newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref>
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
|
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web| title=45th Annual Grammy Awards (2002)| url= https://www.grammy.com/awards/45th-annual-grammy-awards | website=Recording Academy |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>
| [[Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media|Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Venice Film Festival]]<ref name=Aguilar>{{Cite news |last=Aguilar |first=Carlos |date=2021-08-25 |title=When 'Y Tu Mamá También' Changed Everything |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/movies/y-tu-mama-tambien.html |access-date=2024-09-03 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
|[[Golden Osella|Best Screenplay]]
|Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón
|{{won}}
|-
|}

=== Best-of lists ===
* ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]''{{'}}s 100 Best Films Of World Cinema – #20<ref>{{cite journal| title=The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema &#124; 20. Y Tu Mamá También| url=http://www.empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=20| journal=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |date=11 June 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111202092049/https://www.empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=20 |archive-date=2011-12-02}}</ref>
* [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]'s Films of the Decade – #9<ref>{{cite web |last=Chang |first=Justin |title=Films of the Decade |url=http://www.lafca.net/decade.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115064726/http://www.lafca.net/decade.html |archive-date=2010-01-15 |website=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]}}</ref>
* ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}}s Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made<ref>{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/newyorktimesguid0000unse_p6w5/page/1142/mode/2up |title=The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |year=2004 |isbn=978-0312326111 |pages=1142–1143 |chapter=Y tu mama tambien |access-date=2024-09-03}}</ref>
* ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''{{'}}s 25 Sexiest Movies Ever!<ref>{{cite news|date=20 November 2008|title=25 Sexiest Movies Ever!|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20241796_19,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106011955/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20241796_19,00.html|archive-date=2010-01-06}}</ref>

== References ==
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* [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3270-y-tu-mam-tambi-n-dirty-happy-things ''Y tu mamá también'': Dirty Happy Things] an essay by Charles Taylor at [[Criterion Collection]]

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