
In Mexico City, late teen friends Tenoch Iturbide and Julio Zapata are feeling restless as their respective girlfriends are traveling together through Europe before they all begin the next phase of their lives at college. At a lavish family wedding, Tenoch and Julio meet Luisa Cortés, the twenty-something wife of Tenoch's cousin Jano, the two who have just moved to Mexico from Spain. Tenoch and Julio try to impress the beautiful Luisa by telling her that they will be taking ... (Full plot summary below)
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In Mexico City, late teen friends Tenoch Iturbide and Julio Zapata are feeling restless as their respective girlfriends are traveling together through Europe before they all begin the next phase of their lives at college. At a lavish family wedding, Tenoch and Julio meet Luisa Cortés, the twenty-something wife of Tenoch's cousin Jano, the two who have just moved to Mexico from Spain. Tenoch and Julio try to impress the beautiful Luisa by telling her that they will be taking a trip to the most beautiful secluded beach in Mexico called la Boca del Cielo (translated to Heaven's Mouth), the trip and the beach which in reality don't exist. When Luisa learns of Jano's latest marital indiscretion straight from the horse's mouth, she takes Tenoch and Julio's offer to go along on this road trip, meaning that Tenoch and Julio have to pull together quickly a road trip to a non-existent beach. They decide to head toward one suggested by their friend Saba, who seems a little confused himself of this beach's location. On the road trip, which ends up not being totally harmonious, the three go on a trip of discovery. For Luisa, she has to figure out what to do with her immediate future based on the news from Jano and a secret she is keeping. And Tenoch and Julio have to figure out what their friendship really means as they grow up.
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| Denver PostSteven RosenIts vision of the road, the rural highways of Mexico in this case, and of sex is profanely funny, sharply observant and visually eloquent. |
| Philadelphia 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. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigCan be taken on many levels, and that's why it works so completely. |
| Baltimore SunMichael SragowA great, lusty movie in the tradition of Bertrand Blier's "Going Places." |
| Washington PostAnn HornadayPart travelogue, part road picture, part meditation on class, mortality and intimacy, this extraordinary little movie might be the perfect harbinger of summer, as astute as it is steamy. |
| Portland OregonianShawn LevyA vivid, thoughtful, unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. |
| SalonCharles TaylorOne of the most joyous movies I've ever seen, and one of the handful of great erotic films the movies have given us. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonThere are so many good things to say about this film it's hard to find a statement that really nails it. Perhaps we can leave at this: Y Tu Mama Tambien is originality writ large. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThe funniest and most emotionally charged erotic road movie since Bertrand Blier's "Going Places." |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussA sexy and often comical road trip that demonstrates how personal agendas and insecurities sabotage and corrupt not just personal but political ideals. |