"Y Tu Mama Tambien" is a provocative coming of age tale (4.25/5)

There is an age old adage that says you really don't know a person until you go on vacation with them. Or was it when you live with them? Either way, there is this thought that our knowledge and understanding of a person is merely a mirage until we spend a mass amount of time by their side. This notion of familiarity breeding contempt is further exacerbated when two or more people find themselves confined to one space, where the rising tension has no room escape. I imagine most of you have all experienced this in some capacity and if you watch Alfonso Cuaron's "Y Tu Mama Tambien", you're likely to experience it again, although I imagine this celluloid experience will possess far more sex than your real life moments. Or not. Nonetheless, Cuaron's film is an exploration into the unknown by two teenagers. We could certainly call it a coming of age tale, but I feel the film possesses a complexity and intelligence that goes beyond that classic send up.  Obviously the aforementioned teens learn something about theirselves personally and the world at large, but most of their learning is focused on their sexual nature and their semi-unwavering friendship. 

Fifty Favorite Films of All-Time as Exposition

I think that most of the things we possess in life, or even like for that matter, are representative of who we are as a person, or who we want to be. What we eat, how we dress, how we act, and what we like are the building blocks for our social images. I noticed over the years the numerous facets of my social schema, but there was always one that kind of annoyed me when it comes to films. Said issue was the notion that I instantaneously fall in love with quirky and dramatic independent films. What does this say about me? Well, depending on which paradigm we take, it could mean an assortment of things.  Now, I'm not entirely sure how this perception of an "indie maven" gained any credence, but I often felt this assertion gravely mismatched my own perception of the films I liked and who I was. Out of curiosity, and to see how quirky I like things, I started to strike up a list of my favorite films of all time. It took me a while to honestly form a list of 50 films that I could watch endlessly, and because of this, my own judgement of myself was somewhat in flux. Yet, with numerous additions and subtractions, I have finally assembled a list of films that I can say are truly representative of me. Here is my list: