Y Tu Mamá También
Yes, Y Tu Mamá También, was a movie that my high school Spanish class watched. How that’s the case, I’ll never know, as there’s multiple inappropriate scenes just in the first ten minutes, though E and Jord have some understandable skepticism as to whether I can be trusted on this matter. It was fun to revisit this twenty years later, and especially to be reminded how distorted memories can be. Because we were all immature teens, we laughed a lot at this movie, but rewatching it now, it really isn’t very funny. What it really is - a movie that masquerades as a male fantasy coming of age story but is actually a quite profound queer love tale. Alfonso Cuaron, who would go on to win Best Director twice, was clearly cooking with this, and it’s sort of amazing to look back and see that he went from Y Tu Mamá También to direct Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. His last movie, Roma, which was incredible, was in 2018, and we desperately need him to return to the silver screen!
-Z
The lore of this movie within the ZEJ team is truly something else, and Z and I finally made time for a watch. I went into this expecting a laugh-out-loud comedy, based on Zach’s questionable teenage memory, so was initially really disappointed that it is purely a drama. Giving it more thought, I still don’t love this movie, but I can appreciate what it is going for a bit more.
-E
Rumor has it that this was shown in one of our high school spanish classes, and I can’t believe it. I gave it a watch after hearing that along with it being potentially ‘the sexiest movie ever.’ It definitely is sexy, but I don’t know about the claim that it was watched in a high school classroom. Overall, I really enjoyed this movie. Beyond the obvious themes that are in your face, there are many levels to this film. Immediately after I looked up the director's filmography and added a bunch to my watchlist. If you can watch a foreign film and enjoy them, this is a must watch film!
-J on 8/11/25
