Critics raved but had nothing to say - not a bloomin' one of 'em - of substance about why they thought this was such a great film. Yeah, I checked here & RottenTomatoes before this post just to be sure I didn't miss "the point". Made me feel good 'cause I thought it sucked...big time. Road trip? Sex orgy for sure, "road trip" flimsy excuse for it, at best. Learn anything from the "sights"? Nope, missed it all. Deal with cancer? No life change here, just the statement that since there is nothing after death why bother with such trivia. No, leaving hubby ain't a life change, just cowardice. (BTW, this single event highlights the problem with the film that repeats endlessly, i.e. what evidence is there that he deserved such treatment? The opinions of two adolescent booby bumbling drug soaked hormone ravaged teens? This is supposed to make us sympathetic with the anti-heroine?? It's one thing to see life, events, situations interpreted by the protagonists and quite another to have those interpretations foisted on and be explanatory of another character's behavior. Can be done but only by an experienced master.) Want to see the utter banality of materialistic modern civilization? Want to see a wife who cannot communicate anything to her husband? (Hey, he may be drunk when he calls but he went way beyond her lack of verbal interaction.) Want to see promises that are lies even as they are being made? Want to see the acclaimed "two Mexicos"? Duh, every country has at least "two". And far better drug busts can be seen on TLC or Discovery or... Want to see infidelity at every turn? Want to see two realities running in parallel but never meeting? You know, the reality of the world presented by the unknown but omniscient narrator and the other one already fully adjectived. Want to see the film 99% critics pander to what they think will be PC? Then see this film. Shame on you Mexico for pandering to American tastes and aiming for one-upmanship on tripe. You succeeded. P.S. the one positive point, if it can be called such, was the hugely clear gulf between parents and offspring. Positive in that it showed how little parents often know what their kids are really doing or understand their kids or take any time to learn. Negative in that it was done in the same trite manner as the `political commentary'.
Review of And Your Mother Too
