Can Not-Mexican people really enjoy this movie?
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attygreennorris — 12 years ago(November 01, 2013 01:31 PM)
African-American female here. Loved it. In fact, I just recommended it in another thread (Doom Generation) for someone looking for a movie with sexual tension between the male leads, who also happened to be involved with a woman.
Davida
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Jokercrow — 12 years ago(November 05, 2013 10:11 AM)
I'm a french guy from Qubec (Canada) and I just LOVE this movie !
I't on my very top list with other movies like:
Ikiru
Fight Club
Das Experiment
The Piano Teacher
Oldboy
Lost in Translation
Night of the Living Dead
12 Angry Men
Requiem for a Dream
Alien
But I agree with you on one point. I don't think this movie could has been as good if it has been set in New Zealand or Baltimore. Every place as a different feeling, and Y tu mam tambin feels like it just catch that very feeling in addition to all it's other qualities. -
fishingbird — 12 years ago(January 10, 2014 03:07 PM)
I was wondering this myself too. I just watched it a few moments ago and I really really enjoyed it. But I thought it it was possible for a non-mexican to get the enjoyment out of it that I got because of the cultural differences. It was pretty funny, the way Julio and Tenoch spoke and interacted, the whole naco thing. I'm not sure if non-mexicans would get it, and also, the english subtitles excluded a lot of the humor and dialogue.
Great movie, Quaron is the man.
If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?
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egy-1 — 12 years ago(January 10, 2014 06:29 PM)
LMAO of course we can? I just saw it, I'm italian (i've watched it with the italian voice over of course, we're the best =P)
I really really liked it a lot! I'M SO HAPPY NOBODY DID THE REMAKE 'cause this is extremely remakable!!! Please, Alfonso, keep your film away from them. -
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drgnndblls88 — 11 years ago(April 08, 2014 10:22 AM)
I really enjoyed watching this movie and I think it's great, but I think I know what you're talking about. I was born in America but my parents weren't, and when they raised me they really thoroughly made sure I was immersed in the culture and language of our country of origin. I fluently speak, read, and write in 'my' language in addition to English. I feel a familiarity and a sense of home when I am around other people of my ethnicity and when I visit the country where my parents are fromeven though I wasn't born there.
I am not Mexican nor do I speak Spanish. Y Tu Mama Tambien definitely has universal themes that anyone from anywhere can relate to and appreciate, but it's set in Mexico and created by Mexicans. there are certain things that non-Mexicans will never 'get', certain somethings about this film that only Mexicans will recognize. I feel the same way about films made in the country my parents are from. -
johnmichael-2 — 9 years ago(April 12, 2016 11:16 PM)
Um I f&cking love this movie to death, and I'm not Mexican. I'm sure the details the OP mentioned I'd appreciate even more if I
was
Mexican, but the film is amazing and deeply engaging on a universal level. -
SomeNameHere — 9 years ago(April 16, 2016 04:18 PM)
I'm not Mexican and I adore this movie. I'm sure being Mexican there's a whole other level there for someone to appreciate, but the themes throughout the film are fairly universal, I think. I stated in some other thread a while back that this film has an amazing balance of effectively capturing a culture (as those a part of it have said on here as well as the OP) as well as telling a much broader story and touching upon material most of us can identify with in someway. It's, seemingly, an insight into one part of the world while also feeling personal to whoever happens to be watching it, an impressive feat.
I'd say anyone who writes it off as something they can't connect to isn't giving it a solid chance and is perhaps somewhat ignorant, in my humble opinion. And I don't mean someone who just doesn't like the film, I mean more people who see this as some foreign movie and automatically thinking they won't "get," it. Just to clarify!